COVID-19 in Home Healthcare

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

155 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-05-02

Study Completion Date

2020-10-10

Brief Summary

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Assessment of cause of Death in home Healthcare residents in Östergötland County, Sweden, who had a positive COVID-19 diagnosis and died between March and September 2020.

Our aim is to evaluate the pattern of comorbidity and frailty in a group of individuals in home healthcare with positive COVID-19 diagnoses who had a fatal outcome, and a second aim is to assess the contribution of COVID-19 to those fatal outcomes.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Covid19

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* adult (\< 18 years) individuals and
* cared for in home healthcare in Östergötland county and
* positive COVID-19 diagnosis and
* diseased between March and September 2020

Exclusion Criteria

* none

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Responsible Party

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Lena Nilsson

Dr

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Dept of anesthesia

Linköping, , Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

References

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Nilsson L, Andersson C, Sjodahl R. COVID-19 as the sole cause of death is uncommon in frail home healthcare individuals: a population-based study. BMC Geriatr. 2021 Apr 20;21(1):262. doi: 10.1186/s12877-021-02176-z.

Reference Type DERIVED

PMID: 33879078 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Home healthcare 2020

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id