Table 1.
Descriptive characteristics at admittance of 257 COVID-19 patients
| Location prior to admission | All (n = 257) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Community (n = 203) | Care Home (n = 34) | Existing inpatient (n = 20) | p valuea | |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Age, years | 55.9 (17.4) | 76.9 (13.5) | 74.8 (10.2) | < 0.001 | 60.1 (18.4) |
| Deprivation scoreb | 2.8 (10.2) | – | − 2.1 (8.4) | 0.049 | 2.4 (10.1) |
| N (%c) | N (%c) | N (%c) | N (%c) | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Female | 86 (42.4) | 16 (47.1) | 2 (10.0) | 104 (40.5) | |
| Male | 117 (57.6) | 18 (52.9) | 18 (90.0) | 0.013 | 153 (59.5) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| White–Irish | 112 (55.2) | 33 (97.1) | 19 (95.0) | 164 (63.8) | |
| White–other | 42 (20.7) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (5.0) | 44 (17.1) | |
| BAME | 49 (24.1) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | < 0.001 | 49 (24.1) |
| Healthcare worker | |||||
| No | 181 (89.2) | 34 (100.0) | 20 (100.0) | 235 (91.4) | |
| Yes | 22 (10.8) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0.041 | 22 (8.6) |
| Smoker | |||||
| No | 180 (88.7) | 31 (91.2) | 17 (85.0) | 228 (88.7) | |
| Yes | 23 (11.3) | 3 (8.8) | 3 (15.0) | 0.786 | 29 (11.3) |
| Overweight/obese | |||||
| No | 73 (36.0) | 12 (35.3) | 6 (30.0) | 91 (35.4) | |
| Yes | 130 (64.0) | 22 (64.7) | 14 (70.0) | 0.868 | 166 (64.6) |
| At least one comorbidity | |||||
| No | 60 (29.6) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.0) | 61 (23.7) | |
| Yes | 143 (70.4) | 34 (100.0) | 19 (95.0) | < 0.001 | 196 (76.3) |
| Charlson Index | |||||
| 0 | 62 (30.5) | 1 (2.9) | 1 (5.0) | 64 (24.9) | |
| 1 | 53 (26.1) | 3 (8.8) | 3 (15.0) | 59 (23.0) | |
| 2 | 40 (19.7) | 11 (32.4) | 5 (25.0) | 56 (21.8) | |
| 3 | 25 (12.3) | 8 (23.5) | 3 (15.0) | 36 (14.0) | |
| ≥ 4 | 23 (11.3) | 11 (32.4) | 8 (40.0) | < 0.001 | 42 (16.3) |
Abbreviations: SD standard deviation
There were no missing data for any of the variables, except deprivation score as described below
ap values test for a difference between patients from community, care home and inpatient settings. They are estimated using ANOVA tests for continuous variables and chi-square tests for categorical variables
bDeprivation score was measured using Pobal HP Deprivation Index (PDI), which is an Eircode-based relative measure of deprivation. Deprivation scores are not generated for care home residents
cPercentage out of total number of patients admitted from that location