RT Journal Article
T1 Clinical Features and Risk Factors for Mortality Among Long-term Care Facility Residents Hospitalized Due to COVID-19 in Spain.
A1 Ramos-Rincon, Jose-Manuel
A1 Bernabeu-Wittel, Maximo
A1 Fiteni-Mera, Isabel
A1 Lopez-Sampalo, Almudena
A1 Lopez-Rios, Carmen
A1 Garcia-Andreu, Maria-Del-Mar
A1 Mancebo-Sevilla, Juan-Jose
A1 Jimenez-Juan, Carlos
A1 Matia-Sanz, Marta
A1 Lopez-Quirantes, Pablo
A1 Rubio-Rivas, Manuel
A1 Paredes-Ruiz, Diana
A1 Gonzalez-San-Narciso, Candela
A1 Gonzalez-Vega, Rocío
A1 Sanz-Espinosa, Pablo
A1 Hernandez-Milian, Almudena
A1 Gonzalez-Noya, Amara
A1 Gil-Sanchez, Ricardo
A1 Boixeda, Ramon
A1 Alcala-Pedrajas, Jose-Nicolas
A1 Palop-Cervera, Marta
A1 Cortes-Rodriguez, Begoña
A1 Guisado-Espartero, Maria-Esther
A1 Mella-Perez, Carmen
A1 Gómez-Huelgas, Ricardo
A1 SEMI-COVID-19 Network, 
K1 COVID-19
K1 Epidemiology
K1 Mortality
K1 Nursing homes
K1 Risk factors
AB COVID-19 severely impacted older adults and long-term care facility (LTCF) residents. Our primary aim was to describe differences in clinical and epidemiological variables, in-hospital management, and outcomes between LTCF residents and community-dwelling older adults hospitalized with COVID-19. The secondary aim was to identify risk factors for mortality due to COVID-19 in hospitalized LTCF residents. This is a cross-sectional analysis within a retrospective cohort of hospitalized patients ≥75 years with confirmed COVID-19 admitted to 160 Spanish hospitals. Differences between groups and factors associated with mortality among LTCF residents were assessed through comparisons and logistic regression analysis. Of 6 189 patients ≥75 years, 1 185 (19.1%) were LTCF residents and 4 548 (73.5%) were community-dwelling. LTCF residents were older (median: 87.4 vs 82.1 years), mostly female (61.6% vs 43.2%), had more severe functional dependence (47.0% vs 7.8%), more comorbidities (Charlson Comorbidity Index: 6 vs 5), had dementia more often (59.1% vs 14.4%), and had shorter duration of symptoms (median: 3 vs 6 days) than community-dwelling patients (all, p  Basal functional status and COVID-19 severity are risk factors of mortality in LTCF residents. The lower adjusted mortality rate in LTCF residents may be explained by earlier identification, treatment, and hospitalization for COVID-19.
PB Oxford University Press
YR 2021
FD 2021-10-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19783
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10668/19783
LA en
NO Ramos-Rincón JM, Bernabeu-Wittel M, Fiteni-Mera I, López-Sampalo A, López-Ríos C, García-Andreu MD, et al.; SEMI-COVID-19 Network. Clinical features and risk factors for mortality among long-term care facility residents hospitalized due to COVID-19 in Spain. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2022 Apr 1;77(4)
DS RISalud
RD Apr 10, 2025