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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.
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| Frailty | Frailty is classified i four groups:
| Up to one month before death |
| Comorbidity | Comorbidity is classified in three Groups: none or mild comorbidity (0-1 diagnosis), moderate comorbidity (2 diagnoses), and severe comorbidity (3 or more diagnoses) | Up to one month before death |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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Adult residents in home health care.
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dept of anesthesia | Linköping | 58185 | Sweden |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33879078 | Derived | 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. |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000086382 | COVID-19 |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D011024 | Pneumonia, Viral |
| D011014 | Pneumonia |
| D012141 | Respiratory Tract Infections |
| D007239 | Infections |
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| D014777 |
| Virus Diseases |
| D018352 | Coronavirus Infections |
| D003333 | Coronaviridae Infections |
| D030341 | Nidovirales Infections |
| D012327 | RNA Virus Infections |
| D008171 | Lung Diseases |
| D012140 | Respiratory Tract Diseases |