Assessment of cause of Death in home Healthcare residents in Östergötland County, Sweden, who had a positive COVID-19 diagnosis and died between March and September 2020. Our aim is to evaluate the pattern of comorbidity and frailty in a group of individuals in home healthcare with positive COVID-19 diagnoses who had a fatal outcome, and a second aim is to assess the contribution of COVID-19 to those fatal outcomes.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
155
Dept of anesthesia
Linköping, Sweden
Frailty
Frailty is classified i four groups: * None or mild frailty: no restrictions in daily life. * Moderate frailty: mobile and independent but unable to handle physically demanding activities or work. * Considerable frailty: able to perform activities of daily living but confined at times to bed or chair. * Severe frailty: unable to perform activities of daily living and/or confined to bed or chair. Dementia necessitating care.
Time frame: Up to one month before death
Comorbidity
Comorbidity is classified in three Groups: none or mild comorbidity (0-1 diagnosis), moderate comorbidity (2 diagnoses), and severe comorbidity (3 or more diagnoses)
Time frame: Up to one month before death
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