Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Analysis of response of centenarians of the Basque Country to COVID‐19. |
| Authors: |
Cruces‐Salguero, Sara, Larrañaga, Igor, García‐Galindo, Alberto, Armañanzas, Rubén, Mar, Javier, Matheu, Ander |
| Source: |
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. Jun2024, Vol. 72 Issue 6, p1926-1929. 4p. |
| Subjects: |
Research funding, Basques, COVID-19 testing, Scientific observation, Sex distribution, Logistic regression analysis, Hospital care, Retrospective studies, COVID-19 vaccines, Age distribution, Hospital emergency services, Kaplan-Meier estimator, Nursing care facilities, Odds ratio, Intensive care units, Health outcome assessment, Survival analysis (Biometry), Barthel Index, Length of stay in hospitals, Comparative studies, COVID-19, Centenarians, Proportional hazards models |
| Geographic Terms: |
Spain |
| Abstract: |
The article presents a study which characterized the impact of the COVID-19 disease on Basque centenarians, in terms of number of positive tests, survival after COVID-19, contact wit the health system, pharmacological treatments, and laboratory analyses. Topics discussed include proportion of COVID-19 infections in nursing homes than elsewhere for both groups, analysis of the survival of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2, and differences in potassium levels of centenarians. |
| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
