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Health conditions of potential risk for severe Covid-19 in institutionalized elderly people

The objective of this study was to identify the health conditions considered potential risk factors for severe Covid-19 and analyze its association with the BMI of elderly people living in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF). This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach...

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Autores principales: Araújo, Mayara Priscilla Dantas, Nunes, Vilani Medeiros de Araújo, Costa, Larissa de Albuquerque, de Souza, Talita Araujo, Torres, Gilson de Vasconcelos, Nobre, Thaiza Teixeira Xavier
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Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7808625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33444352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245432
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author Araújo, Mayara Priscilla Dantas
Nunes, Vilani Medeiros de Araújo
Costa, Larissa de Albuquerque
de Souza, Talita Araujo
Torres, Gilson de Vasconcelos
Nobre, Thaiza Teixeira Xavier
author_facet Araújo, Mayara Priscilla Dantas
Nunes, Vilani Medeiros de Araújo
Costa, Larissa de Albuquerque
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Torres, Gilson de Vasconcelos
Nobre, Thaiza Teixeira Xavier
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description The objective of this study was to identify the health conditions considered potential risk factors for severe Covid-19 and analyze its association with the BMI of elderly people living in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF). This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, carried out in eight LTCF in the Metropolitan Region of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, with a population of 267 elderly people, between the months of February and December 2018. The Elderly Health Handbook was used to collect data on sociodemographic, health and risk factors. The Pearson’s Chi-square test and odds ratio were used for the analysis. A higher frequency of low weight was observed in elderly people with cognitive impairment (24.6%), and overweight in those hypertensive (23.3%) and diabetics (12.9%). BMI was associated with the age group of 80 years or over, hypertension and diabetes (p = 0.013; p < 0.001; p = 0.001). Hypertensive elderly people were more likely to have low weight when compared to non-hypertensive individuals (RC = 3.6; 95% CI 1.5–8.6). The institutionalized elderly individuals present health conditions that may contribute to the occurrence of adverse outcomes in case of infection by Covid-19. The importance of protective measures for this population must be reinforced, in view of the devastating action of this disease in these institutions.
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spelling pubmed-78086252021-02-02 Health conditions of potential risk for severe Covid-19 in institutionalized elderly people Araújo, Mayara Priscilla Dantas Nunes, Vilani Medeiros de Araújo Costa, Larissa de Albuquerque de Souza, Talita Araujo Torres, Gilson de Vasconcelos Nobre, Thaiza Teixeira Xavier PLoS One Research Article The objective of this study was to identify the health conditions considered potential risk factors for severe Covid-19 and analyze its association with the BMI of elderly people living in Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF). This is a descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a quantitative approach, carried out in eight LTCF in the Metropolitan Region of Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, with a population of 267 elderly people, between the months of February and December 2018. The Elderly Health Handbook was used to collect data on sociodemographic, health and risk factors. The Pearson’s Chi-square test and odds ratio were used for the analysis. A higher frequency of low weight was observed in elderly people with cognitive impairment (24.6%), and overweight in those hypertensive (23.3%) and diabetics (12.9%). BMI was associated with the age group of 80 years or over, hypertension and diabetes (p = 0.013; p < 0.001; p = 0.001). Hypertensive elderly people were more likely to have low weight when compared to non-hypertensive individuals (RC = 3.6; 95% CI 1.5–8.6). The institutionalized elderly individuals present health conditions that may contribute to the occurrence of adverse outcomes in case of infection by Covid-19. The importance of protective measures for this population must be reinforced, in view of the devastating action of this disease in these institutions. Public Library of Science 2021-01-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7808625/ /pubmed/33444352 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245432 Text en © 2021 Araújo et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Nunes, Vilani Medeiros de Araújo
Costa, Larissa de Albuquerque
de Souza, Talita Araujo
Torres, Gilson de Vasconcelos
Nobre, Thaiza Teixeira Xavier
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title_short Health conditions of potential risk for severe Covid-19 in institutionalized elderly people
title_sort health conditions of potential risk for severe covid-19 in institutionalized elderly people
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7808625/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33444352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245432
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