EXHIBIT 1.
Characteristics | Number/median/ meana |
Percent/ IQR/SDb |
---|---|---|
Median age, years (IQR) | 79 | 69–88 |
Age, years | ||
Less than 65 | 1,916 | 16 |
65–69 | 1,239 | 10 |
70–74 | 1,538 | 13 |
75–79 | 1,611 | 13 |
80–84 | 1,726 | 14 |
85–89 | 1,814 | 15 |
90 or older | 2,304 | 19 |
Female sex | 7,538 | 61 |
Race | ||
White | 8,586 | 70 |
Black | 1,978 | 16 |
Other | 1,707 | 14 |
Mean ADL score (SD)c | 16.7 | 6.2 |
ADL dependency score quartile | ||
0–13 | 3,069 | 25 |
14–18 | 3,057 | 25 |
20–21 | 2,766 | 23 |
22–28 | 3,379 | 28 |
CFS score | ||
1 | 4,761 | 39 |
2 | 2,796 | 23 |
3 | 3,558 | 29 |
4 | 1,064 | 9 |
Postacute patient | 1,631 | 13 |
Chronic conditions | ||
Dementia | 5,599 | 46 |
Heart failure | 2,691 | 22 |
Coronary artery disease | 2,816 | 23 |
COPD or asthmad | 2,987 | 24 |
Chronic kidney diseasee | 3,155 | 26 |
Hypertension | 9,526 | 78 |
Diabetes | 4,775 | 39 |
Symptoms at presentation | ||
Any symptomf | 5,645 | 46 |
Fever | 2,936 | 24 |
Tachycardia | 959 | 8 |
Hypoxia | 974 | 8 |
Shortness of breath | 567 | 5 |
SOURCE Authors’ analysis of resident-level data from 282 nursing homes operated by a large long-term care provider.
NOTES N = 12,271 residents. IQR is interquartile range. SD is standard deviation. ADL is activities of daily living. CFS is Cognitive Function Scale. COPD is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Number unless otherwise indicated.
Percent unless otherwise indicated.
Range: 0–28.
Classified in the Minimum Data Set as “asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis, and restrictive lung diseases.”
Classified in the Minimum Data Set as "renal insufficiency, renal disease, or end-stage renal disease."
Residents were classified as symptomatic if any of the following symptoms were present during the five days before their first positive test or during the fourteen days afterward: cough, sore throat, nasal congestion, rhinorrhea, fever, shortness of breath, chest congestion, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, anosmia, malaise, confusion, tachycardia, and hypoxia. See the Study Data And Methods section for further details.