Symptoms, symptom relief and support in COVID-19 patients dying in hospitals during the first pandemic wave

Autor: Lisa Martinsson, Jonas Bergström, Christel Hedman, Peter Strang, Staffan Lundström
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: BMC Palliative Care, Vol 20, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1472-684X
DOI: 10.1186/s12904-021-00785-4
Popis: Abstract Background At the time of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden, little was known about how effective our regular end-of-life care strategies would be for patients dying from COVID-19 in hospitals. The aim of the study was to describe and evaluate end-of-life care for patients dying from COVID-19 in hospitals in Sweden up until up until 12 November 2020. Methods Data were collected from the Swedish Register of Palliative Care. Hospital deaths during 2020 for patients with COVID-19 were included and compared to a reference cohort of hospital patients who died during 2019. Logistic regression was used to compare the groups and to control for impact of sex, age and a diagnosis of dementia. Results The COVID-19 group (1476 individuals) had a lower proportion of women and was older compared to the reference cohort (13,158 individuals), 81.8 versus 80.6 years (p
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