ArticleAnnals of geriatric medicine and research2023
Functional Status in Older Adults following Hospitalization for COVID-19: A Cohort Study.
Article in Annals of geriatric medicine and research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.
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- Strict long COVID, symptom persistence, and functional decline among community-dwelling older adults in Quito, Ecuador: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
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- Transitions in Functional Status and Frailty Among Post-Hospitalized COVID-19 Oldest-Old Adults: An 18-Month Follow-Up Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A Step towards Alignment between Impactful Research and Impact Factors: Annals of Geriatric Medicine and Research Indexed in MEDLINE.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) can cause multiple acute complications. This study evaluated the long-term functional status of older patients hospitalized for acute COVID-19.
methodsWe analyzed data from a multicenter ambispective cohort study on patients aged >60 years who were hospitalized for COVID-19 at two tertiary care hospitals in Argentina. The participants were contacted by telephone between November 2021 and September 2022 to collect data on their functional status. Ordinal logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with functional limitations after discharge.
resultsAmong the 374 included patients, 205 (55%) showed functional limitations, including 58 (28%) who died during follow-up. The factors independently associated with functional limitations were low baseline functional status (odds ratio [OR]=9.19; 95% confidence interval [CI], 3.35-25.17) and admission to the intensive care unit (OR=4.41; 95% CI, 2.28-8.53). Men had lower odds of functional impairment (OR=0.55; 95% CI, 0.35-0.86).
conclusionOlder patients had high mortality rates and poor functional status at 2 years post-discharge for COVID-19. Several factors at the time of discharge were associated with a higher risk of functional limitations and can be used to identify patients' long-term needs for support and rehabilitation services.
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