Cesáreo Fernández Alonso, Manuel E Fuentes Ferrer, Eric Jorge García-Lamberechts, Sira Aguiló Mir, Sònia Jiménez, Javier Jacob, Pascual Piñera Salmerón, Adriana Gil-Rodrigo, Pere Llorens, Guillermo Burillo-Putze, Aitor Alquezar-Arbé, Sierra Bretones Baena, María Fernández Cardona, Rocío Hernández González, Miguel Moreno Martín, Ana Barnes Parra, Imane El Farh, Beatriz Valle Borrego, Eva Quero Motto, Alberto Artieda Larrañaga, Ester Soy Ferrer, Jeong-Uh Hong Cho, Belén Gros Bañeres, Sara Gayoso Martín, Goretti Sánchez Sindín, Azucena Prieto Zapico, Isabel Cirera Lorenzo, José María Guardiola Tey, Lluís Llauger, Juan González Del Castillo, Òscar Miró
OBJECTIVES: To assess whether dementia is an independent predictor of death after a hospital emergency department (ED) visit by older adults with or without a COVID-19 diagnosis during the first pandemic wave. METHOD: We used data from the EDEN-Covid (Emergency Department and Elderly Needs during Covid) cohort formed by all patients ≥65 years seen in 52 Spanish EDs from March 30 to April 5, 2020. The association of prior history of dementia with mortality at 30, 180 and 365 d was evaluated in the overall sample and according to a COVID-19 or non COVID diagnosis...
April 10, 2024: Aging & Mental Health