Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample study of > 70 years hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 infection

	Baseline (N = 165)
Age (years, SD)	88.5 ± 6.73
Female (%)	69.1
Nursing home pre-admission (%)	65.6
CFS*
1–4	27.3
5–6	24.8
7–9	47.9
Charlson Index ≥ 3 (%)	33.9
Polypharmacy (%)
< 5	32.1
5–9	43.6
≥ 10	24.2
Q-Sofa† ≥ 2 (%)	13.3
Functional decline pre-admission (%)	23.6
BI‡ at discharge (points, SD)	58.22 ± 34.32
Dementia pre-admission (RCMS§ ≥ 2) (%)	43.6
Albumin (g/L)	3.34 ± 0.51
< 30	21.8
30–34	36.4
> 35	41.8
Nursing home at discharge (%)	69.1%
Length of hospitalization (days)	15.63 ± 8.63

*CFS Clinical Frailty Scale

^†Q-Sofa Quick Sepsis related Organ Failure Assessment

^‡BI Barthel Index

^§RCMS Red Cross Mental Scale