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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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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 de Souza, Talita Araujo 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. |
spellingShingle | Research Article 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 Health conditions of potential risk for severe Covid-19 in institutionalized elderly people |
title | Health conditions of potential risk for severe Covid-19 in institutionalized elderly people |
title_full | Health conditions of potential risk for severe Covid-19 in institutionalized elderly people |
title_fullStr | Health conditions of potential risk for severe Covid-19 in institutionalized elderly people |
title_full_unstemmed | Health conditions of potential risk for severe Covid-19 in institutionalized elderly people |
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 |
topic | Research Article |
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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