
Aging Clinical and Experimental Research, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 36(1)
Опубликована: Ноя. 29, 2024
Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic impacted worldwide. Basque Country was one of the regions in Spain most affected by virus. Methods In this retrospective study, we took advantage Health Service electronic health records data lake over 20,000 deceased individuals, including 5000 positives for COVID-19, between 2020 and 2022 Gipuzkoa (Basque Country, Spain). Results Comparison COVID-19-positive negative individuals’ showed that prevalence infections higher inside nursing homes promoted a significant rise hospitalizations, emergency entrances, ICU admissions. No differences were observed genders terms or survival but detected resources vaccination strong protective effect against disease. Conclusions Our results provided complete characterization impact on population, which expands knowledge older individuals system. study also highlights benefit use Electronic Records studying human diseases.
Язык: Английский