The association between frailty and severe disease among COVID-19 patients aged over 60 years in China: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been a pandemic worldwide. Old age and underlying illnesses are associated with poor prognosis among COVID-19 patients. However, whether frailty, a common geriatric syndrome of reduced reserve to stressors, is associated with poor prognosis among older COVID-19 patients is unknown. The aim of our study is to investigate the association between frailty and severe disease among COVID-19 patients aged ≥ 60 years.

Methods

A prospective cohort study of 114 hospitalized older patients (≥ 60 years) with confirmed COVID-19 pneumonia was conducted between 7 February 2020 and 6 April 2020. Epidemiological, demographic, clinical, laboratory, and outcome data on admission were extracted from electronic medical records. All patients

SUBMITTER: Ma Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7474968 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature