Frailty and risk of hospitalization from COVID-19 infection among older adults : evidence from the Dutch Lifelines COVID-19 Cohort study
Background: Frailty is associated with COVID-19 severity in clinical settings. No general population-based studies on the association between actual frailty status and COVID-19 hospitalization are available. Aims: To investigate the association between frailty and the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization once infected. Methods: 440 older adults who participated in the Lifelines COVID-19 Cohort study in the Northern Netherlands and reported positive COVID-19 testing results (54.2% women, age 70 ± 4 years in 2021) were included in the analyses. COVID-19 hospitalization status was self-reported. The... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | article/Letter to editor |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2022 |
Schlagwörter: | COVID-19 / Coronavirus / Frailty / Groningen Frailty Indicator |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26683236 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/frailty-and-risk-of-hospitalization-from-covid-19-infection-among |