ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2020
Guidance for the Prevention of the COVID-19 Epidemic in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Short-Term Prospective Study.
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- How to protect long-term care facilities from pandemic-like events? - A systematic review on the effectiveness of non-pharmacological measures to prevent viral respiratory infections.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of social distancing measures and lockdowns for reducing transmission of COVID-19 in non-healthcare, community-based settings.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of face masks for reducing transmission of SARS-CoV-2: a rapid systematic review.Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences · 2023Pooled it
- The impact of organisational characteristics of staff and facility on infectious disease outbreaks in care homes: a systematic review.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of the associations between care home ownership and COVID-19 outbreaks, infections and mortality.Nature aging · 2021Pooled it
- Non-pharmacological measures implemented in the setting of long-term care facilities to prevent SARS-CoV-2 infections and their consequences: a rapid review.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- COVID-19 Prevention and Control Measures in Workplace Settings: A Rapid Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
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- Structural and Managerial Risk Factors for COVID-19 Occurrence in French Nursing Homes.International journal of health policy and management · 2022Article
- Lessons from Long-Term Care Facilities without COVID-19 Outbreaks.Healthcare policy = Politiques de sante · 2022Article
- Incidence, Mortality, and Risk Factors of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Factors influencing SARS-CoV-2 infection rate in Belgian nursing home residents during the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic.Epidemiology and infection · 2022Article
- Protecting Nursing Homes and Long-Term Care Facilities From COVID-19: A Rapid Review of International Evidence.Journal of the American Medical Directors Association · 2021Review
- Risk Factors Associated with Nursing Home COVID-19 Outbreaks: A Retrospective Cohort Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection and outbreaks in long-term care facilities in England: a national cross-sectional survey.The lancet. Healthy longevity · 2021Article
- Editorial: 2020: The Year of The COVID-19 Pandemic.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Article
- Global Population Aging, National Development Level, and Vulnerability to the Pandemic.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundGuidance aiming at limiting the entry and spread of the COVID-19 have been widely communicated to Long-term Care Facilities (LTCFs). However, no clinical research has investigated their relevance.
objectiveOur objective was to compare the guidance applied for the prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic between the LTCFs having been contaminated by COVID-19 and LTCFs having not been contaminated.
methodsA questionnaire was sent and systematically accompanied by phone call to the 132 LTCFs of Haute-Garonne (Occitania region, South-West of France). The questionnaire focused on the preventive measures implemented before March 23, 2020 (first LTCFs contaminated in this area). The questionnaire focused on physician support, implementation of usual guidance (eg, masks, hydro-alcoholic solute used), training on hygiene, containment in residents' rooms and other distancing measures, use of temporary workers, compartmentalization within zones of residents and staff and a self-assessment analogic scale on the quality of the application of the preventive measures. We compared implementation of the guidance between the LTCFs with at least one case of COVID-19 among residents and/or health care professionals and LTCFs without COVID-19 case (between March 23rd and May 6th).
results124 LTCFs participated (93.9%). 30 LTCFs (24.19%) were contaminated with COVID-19. Large heterogeneity of the application of the guidance was observed. Public LTCFs (OR= 0.39 (0.20-0.73), LTCFs which organized staff compartmentalization within zones (OR= 0.19 (0.07-0.48)), and LTCF with a staff who self-assessed a higher quality implementation of the preventive measures (OR= 0.65 (0.43-0.98)) were significantly more likely to avoid contamination by the COVID-19 outbreak.
conclusionOur study supports the relevance of guidance to prevent the entry of COVID-19, in particular the staff compartmentalization within zones, as well as the perception of the staff regarding the quality of implementation of those measures in LTCFs.
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