COVID-19 in Home Healthcare and Mortality
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 155
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Frailty
Study Overview
Brief Summary
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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Retrospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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
- Not provided
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Frailty
Time Frame: Up to one month before death
Frailty is classified i four groups: * None or mild frailty: no restrictions in daily life. * Moderate frailty: mobile and independent but unable to handle physically demanding activities or work. * Considerable frailty: able to perform activities of daily living but confined at times to bed or chair. * Severe frailty: unable to perform activities of daily living and/or confined to bed or chair. Dementia necessitating care.
Comorbidity
Time Frame: Up to one month before death
Comorbidity is classified in three Groups: none or mild comorbidity (0-1 diagnosis), moderate comorbidity (2 diagnoses), and severe comorbidity (3 or more diagnoses)
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported
Investigators
Lena Nilsson
Dr
University Hospital, Linkoeping