Table 1.
Characteristics of the sample and according to the place of care
| Variable | Total (N= 419) |
Nursing home (N= 289) | Hospital (N= 130) |
p -Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median Age (Q1; Q3) | 89 (84;92) | 88 (83;92) | 89 (84.5;93) | 0.169 |
| Gender. % Female | 71.6 | 76.8 | 60 | <0.001 |
| Male | 28.4 | 23.2 | 40 | |
| Type of nursing home. % Private | 68.2 | 68.5 | 67.7 | 0.868 |
| Geriatric Assessment. % | ||||
| Barthel <60 | 63.7 | 73 | 43.9 | < 0.001 |
| FAC <3 | 54.6 | 63.1 | 34.3 | < 0.001 |
| GDS 6-7 | 43.8 | 54 | 22.4 | < 0.001 |
| Malnutrition | 64 | 62.9 | 66.3 | 0.574 |
| Median Charlson (Q1; Q3) | 2 (1,3) | 3 (1;4) | 2 (1;3) | 0.415 |
| Median symptom evolution time (Q1; Q3) | 3 (1;7) | 3 (1;7)) | 3 (1;6.8) | 0.141 |
| Symptoms. % | ||||
| Cough | 30.1 | 28.4 | 33.8 | 0.258 |
| Respiratory failure (SatO2 ≤ 92%) | 70.2 | 65.1 | 81.5 | < 0.001 |
| Tachypnea (FR ≥ 30 rpm) | 18.9 | 16.6 | 23.8 | 0.08 |
| Dyspnea | 16.2 | 12.8 | 23.8 | 0.005 |
| Fever (Tª ≥ 38ºC) | 44.2 | 42.6 | 47.7 | 0.328 |
| Delirium | 19.6 | 20.4 | 17.7 | 0.516 |
| Functional impairment | 20 | 15.6 | 30 | < 0.001 |
| Falls | 3.8 | 1.4 | 9.2 | < 0.001 |
| Eating Disorder | 18.6 | 18.3 | 19.2 | 0.828 |
| Treatment % | ||||
| Hydroxychloroquine | 64.2 | 59.2 | 75.4 | 0.001 |
| Lopinavir/Ritonavir | 5 | 0 | 16.2 | < 0.001 |
| Azithromycin | 53.2 | 48.1 | 64.6 | 0.002 |
| Ceftriaxone | 29.4 | 21.1 | 47.7 | < 0.001 |
| Amoxicillin-Clavulanic Acid | 25.5 | 23.5 | 30 | 0.16 |
| Other Antibiotics | 28.4 | 20.8 | 45.4 | < 0.001 |
| Corticosteroids | 26.7 | 18 | 46.2 | < 0.001 |
| HBPM | 24.1 | 6.6 | 63.1 | < 0.001 |
| 60-day mortality % | 36.8 | 34.9 | 40.8 | 0.253 |
| Visits to emergency department 60 days % | 22 | 8.3 | 20.2 | < 0.001 |
| Hospital admissions 60 days % | 7.2 | 4.5 | 13.2 | 0.002 |
| Place of Death. % (N 154) | ||||
| Nursing home | 70.1 | 98 | 16.9 | < 0.001 |
| Hospitalization ward | 24.7 | 1 | 69.9 | |
| Emergency department | 3.3 | 1 | 7.5 | |
| Palliative care unit | 1.9 | 0 | 5.6 | |