COVID-19 in Nursing Homes 2020 and 2021

NCT ID: NCT04945863

Last Updated: 2021-07-07

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

258 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-03-31

Study Completion Date

2021-04-18

Brief Summary

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To describe the effect on mortality in nursing home facilities during three separate equally long periods during the pandemic and more specifically to analyse the effect on mortality of improved preventive routines and vaccination.

Detailed Description

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Retrospective descriptive cohort study in Östergötland County Council, Sweden comprising 136 nursing home facilities with a possibility to host 4500 residents. All residents in any of these NHs who had a laboratory confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis between March 2020 to April 2021 and who died within 30 days after the verified diagnosis are included. The study is undertaken as a retrospective record review. From the records patient-level data on demographic variables, clinical signs, comorbidity, performance status, and cause of death are collected.

Conditions

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Comorbidities and Coexisting Conditions Frailty Covid19

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* All residents in any of 136 nursing homes in Östergötland County Council, Sweden who had a laboratory confirmed COVID-19 diagnosis and who died within 30 days after the verified COVID-19 were included in three separate periods: First period from March 31 to June 30 2020; second period from October 15 2020 to January 15 2021; third period from January 16 to April 18 2021.

Exclusion Criteria

\-
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Region Östergötland

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Lena Nilsson

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Lena Nilsson

MD, Associate Professor, Chief Medical Officer

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Anestesi- och operationskliniken, Universitetssjukhuset

Linköping, , Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

Other Identifiers

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NH COVID 19

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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