Health and sociodemographic determinants of excess mortality in Spanish nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic: a 2-year prospective longitudinal study
CONCLUSION: Almost half of this sample of nursing home residents died in the 2‑year period, and one fifth were attributed to COVID-19. Functional impairment was a risk factor for overall mortality and COVID-19 mortality, independent of age and risk of sarcopenia.PMID:38625391 | DOI:10.1007/s00391-024-02294-4
Source: Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie - Category: Geriatrics Authors: Anna Escrib à-Salvans Javier Jerez-Roig Pau Farr és-Godayol Dyego Leandro Bezerra de Souza Dawn A Skelton Eduard Minobes-Molina Source Type: research
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