Table 2. Clinical and functional characterization of post-COVID-19 elderly individuals by sex, treated at a reference center, Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2021.
| Socioeconomic and demographic situation | Male (n=74) | Female (n=130) | Total (N=204) | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
| Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) | 0.195 | ||||||
| Not impaired | 58 | 78.4 | 91 | 70.0 | 149 | 73.0 | |
| Impaired | 16 | 21.6 | 39 | 30.0 | 55 | 27.0 | |
| Impaired BADL* | 0.015 | ||||||
| 4 to 6 | 6 | 8.1 | 7 | 5.4 | 13 | 6.4 | |
| 1 to 3 | 40 | 54.1 | 96 | 73.8 | 136 | 66.7 | |
| None | 28 | 37.8 | 27 | 20.8 | 55 | 26.9 | |
| IADL** | |||||||
| Not impaired | 39 | 52.7 | 68 | 52.3 | 107 | 52.4 | 0.957 |
| Impaired | 35 | 47.3 | 62 | 47.7 | 97 | 47.6 | |
| Body Mass Index (BMI) | 0.056 | ||||||
| Underweight | 12 | 16.2 | 11 | 8.5 | 23 | 11.3 | |
| Normal weight/Eutrophy | 35 | 47.3 | 51 | 39.2 | 86 | 42.2 | |
| Overweight/obesity | 27 | 36.5 | 68 | 52.3 | 95 | 46.5 | |
| Number of comorbidities | 0.054 | ||||||
| ≤ 2 | 23 | 31.1 | 22 | 16.9 | 45 | 22.1 | |
| 3 to 4 | 36 | 48.6 | 71 | 54.6 | 107 | 52.4 | |
| ≥ 5 | 15 | 20.3 | 37 | 28.5 | 52 | 25.5 | |
| Medications in use | 0.046 | ||||||
| 0 ato 4 | 52 | 70.3 | 70 | 53.8 | 122 | 59.8 | |
| ≥ 5 | 22 | 29.7 | 60 | 46.2 | 82 | 40.2 | |
| COVID-19 vaccination status | 0.354 | ||||||
| Incomplete | 36 | 48.6 | 72 | 55.4 | 108 | 53.0 | |
| Complete | 38 | 51.4 | 58 | 44.6 | 96 | 47.0 | |
| Hospitalization due to COVID-19 | 0.963 | ||||||
| Yes | 15 | 20.3 | 26 | 20.0 | 41 | 20.1 | |
| No | 59 | 79.7 | 104 | 80.0 | 163 | 79.9 | |
Notes: *BADL - Basic Activities of Daily Living (Katz Index); **IADL - Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (Pfeffer Scale).