The interplay between infection risk factors of SARS-CoV-2 and mortality: a cross-sectional study from a cohort of long-term care nursing home residents.

Background: Covid-19 pandemic has particularly affected older people living in Long-term Care settings in terms of infection and mortality.

Methods: We carried out a cross-sectional analysis within a cohort of Long-term care nursing home residents between March first and June thirty, 2020, who were ≥ 65 years old and on whom at least one PCR test was performed. Socio-demographic, comorbidities, and clinical data were recorded.

A retrospective cohort study of risk factors for mortality among nursing homes exposed to COVID-19 in Spain.

Long-term care (LTC) facilities have shown remarkably high mortality rates during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in many countries, and different risk factors for mortality have been identified in this setting. Using facilities as the unit of analysis, we investigated multiple variables covering facility characteristics and socioeconomic characteristics of the geographic location to identify risk factors for excess mortality from a comprehensive perspective. Furthermore, we used a clustering approach to detect patterns in datasets and generate hypotheses regarding potential relationships between types of nursing homes and mortality trends.

[Quasi-experimental study of an intervention on the pharmacological management of non-oncological chronic pain in Primary Care].

Objective: To analyse the impact of a formative / informative intervention on the treatment of non-oncological chronic pain in Primary Care.

Design: Quasi-experimental study before-after, and follow-up of the patient cohort.

Location: 64 Primary Care teams/centres (770 physicians).