Table A1.
Main characteristics of the nursing homes (NH) in the province of Trento, by participation in the infection prevention and control survey.
| Variable | NH (N = 57) |
Participation in the Survey | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yes (N = 45) | No (N = 12) | |||
| Total residents #, n Mean ± SD |
5145 90.3 ± 42.9 |
4158 92.4 ± 45.1 |
987 82.3 ± 33.7 |
0.399 * |
| Total beds #, n Mean ± SD |
5263 92.3 ± 43.5 |
4273 94.9 ± 45.7 |
990 82.5 ± 33.7 |
0.305 * |
| At least 1 resident COVID-19 case, n | 37 (64.9%) | 28 (75.7%) | 9 (24.3%) | 0.410 |
| Incidence of COVID-19 (%), median [p25–p75] ° | 4.8 [0–40] | 2.9 [0–39] | 17 [1.2–46] | 0.605 |
| Facility size | 0.697 | |||
| Small–medium (≤70 beds), n | 21 (36.8%) | 16 (35.6%) | 5 (41.7%) | |
| Large (>70 beds), n | 36 (63.2%) | 29 (64.4%) | 7 (58.3%) | |
| General characteristics | ||||
| NH with special care units, n | 27 (47.4%) | 22 (48.9%) | 5 (41.7%) | 0.656 |
| NH with dementia care units, n | 14 (24.6%) | 13 (28.9%) | 1 (8.3%) | 0.142 |
| NH with care units for complex clinical problems, n | 13 (22.8%) | 9 (20%) | 4 (33.3%) | 0.328 |
| Conformity to structural quality standards (yes), n | 32 (56.1%) | 25 (55.6%) | 7 (58.3%) | 0.863 |
| Metropolitan status | 0.025 | |||
| Urban, n | 18 (31.6%) | 11 (24.4%) | 7 (58.3%) | |
| Rural, n | 39 (68.4%) | 34 (75.6%) | 5 (41.7%) | |
| Geographical region | 0.274 | |||
| North, n | 8 (14%) | 5 (11.1%) | 3 (25%) | |
| South, n | 21 (36.8%) | 15 (33.3%) | 6 (50%) | |
| East, n | 16 (28.1%) | 14 (31.1%) | 2 (16.7%) | |
| West, n | 12 (21.1%) | 11 (24.4%) | 1 (8.3%) | |
* The p-value is related to the comparison of means. # Total number of residents and beds as of 1 March 2020. ° Cumulative incidence of confirmed COVID-19 cases among residents for the period from 1 March 2020, to 1 June 2020. Significant differences are marked in bold.