16 August 2023: Clinical Research
Long-Term Impairment in Activities of Daily Living Following COVID-19 in Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities
Łukasz Goździewicz 1ABCDEF* , Sławomir Tobis 2CE , Michał Chojnicki 34E , Jerzy Chudek 5CDE , Katarzyna Wieczorowska-Tobis 1ACDEF , Ilona Idasiak-Piechocka 6E , Piotr Merks 7E , Urszula Religioni 8E , Agnieszka Neumann-Podczaska 1ABCDEFDOI: 10.12659/MSM.941197
Med Sci Monit 2023; 29:e941197
Table 1 Patient characteristics.
| Parameter | N=201 |
|---|---|
| Age | |
| ≥75 years old, n (%) | 122 (60.7) |
| Median (range), years | 79 (61–101) |
| Female gender, n (%) | 123 (61.2) |
| Care setting, n (%) | |
| Social assistance house | 179 (88.6) |
| Nursing home | 23 (11.4) |
| Course of COVID-19, n (%) | |
| Benign disease1 | 59 (29.4) |
| HCP consultation only | 47 (23.4) |
| Hospitalization | 95 (47.3) |
| Comorbidities, n (%)2 | |
| Cardiovascular | 99 (49.3) |
| Neurologic | 77 (38.3) |
| Psychiatric | 42 (20.9) |
| Diabetes | 28 (13.9) |
| Pulmonary | 13 (6.5) |
| Other | 76 (37.8) |
| 1 SARS-CoV-2 infection in the social assistance house not requiring any healthcare practitioner attention; 2 patients may have more than 1 comorbidity. COVID-19 – coronavirus disease 2019; HCP – healthcare professional. | |