COVID-19 in Home Healthcare

COVID-19 in Home Healthcare and Mortality

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT04642196

Enrollment

155

Registered

2020-11-24

Start date

2020-05-02

Completion date

2020-10-10

Last updated

2020-11-24

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Conditions

Covid19

Brief summary

Assessment of cause of Death in home Healthcare residents in Östergötland County, Sweden, who had a positive COVID-19 diagnosis and died between March and September 2020. Our aim is to evaluate the pattern of comorbidity and frailty in a group of individuals in home healthcare with positive COVID-19 diagnoses who had a fatal outcome, and a second aim is to assess the contribution of COVID-19 to those fatal outcomes.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* adult (\< 18 years) individuals and * cared for in home healthcare in Östergötland county and * positive COVID-19 diagnosis and * diseased between March and September 2020

Exclusion criteria

* none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Frailty	Up to one month before death	Frailty is classified i four groups: * None or mild frailty: no restrictions in daily life. * Moderate frailty: mobile and independent but unable to handle physically demanding activities or work. * Considerable frailty: able to perform activities of daily living but confined at times to bed or chair. * Severe frailty: unable to perform activities of daily living and/or confined to bed or chair. Dementia necessitating care.
Comorbidity	Up to one month before death	Comorbidity is classified in three Groups: none or mild comorbidity (0-1 diagnosis), moderate comorbidity (2 diagnoses), and severe comorbidity (3 or more diagnoses)

Countries

Sweden

Outcome results