Clinical trial NCT05455892: Mortality, Gravity Predictive Factors and Clinical Evolution of Older COVID-19 Patients in Short Geriatric Services.
Official title: Analysis of Mortality, Gravity Predictive Factors and Evolution of Clinical Characteristics of Older Patients Hospitalized for COVID-19 in Short Geriatric Services.
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: UNKNOWN
Conditions: COVID-19
Keywords: ELDERLY
COVID-19
Lead sponsor: Hospices Civils de Lyon
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2022-07-13
Enrollment: 450
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 70
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: The study was proposed to all patients over 70 years of age, with a positive Polymerase Chain Reaction or a high presumption of COVID-19, hospitalized in short geriatric units in University Hospital of Lyon between 1er March 2020 and 30th June 2020.

Brief summary: Since the beginning of the year 2020, clinical characteristics of a new disease as the global COVID-19 epidemic has spread in France. People over 70 years of age are the more concerned by this virus in proportion and in gravity with some atypical first symptoms compared to younger patients. Evolution of the disease is variable from forms with few symptoms to severe forms sometimes quickly lethal.

GERICOVID LYON is a descriptive analysis of all patients over 70 years of age hospitalised for COVID-19 in short geriatric unities of University Hospital of Lyon This study will allow more comprehension about COVID-19 in older people. The role of predictive factors, pre-existing comorbidities and the nature and frequency of complications in a short period will be investigate. Treatments practices will be analysed too.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patient over 70 years of age.
* Patient hospitalized in short geriatric units in University Hospital of Lyon.
* Patient diagnosed with COVID-19 (positive Polymerase Chain Reaction or a high presumption of COVID-19 based on clinical and/or scannographic evidence).
* Patient Informed and non-opposed to the research (Patient informed of the study by his medical doctor during hospitalization or by post, thanks to a generic information sheet dedicated to COVID-19 researches).

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patient opposed to the research.

Primary outcomes:
measure: In hospital mortality rate.
timeFrame: During patient hospitalization, an average of 10 days.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Caluire-et-Cuire
country: France
facility: Service de gériatrie aigue de l'hôpital de la Croix Rousse. Hospices Civils de Lyon
state: Rhone
city: Lyon
country: France
facility: Service de gériatrie aigue de l'hôpital Edouard Herriot, Pavillon T. Hospices Civils de Lyon
state: Rhone
city: Lyon
country: France
facility: Service de gériatrie aigue de l'hôpital Edouard Herriot. Hospices Civils de Lyon
state: Rhone
city: Pierre-Bénite
country: France
facility: Service de gériatrie aigue de l'hôpital Lyon Sud. Hospices Civils de Lyon
state: Rhone
city: Villeurbanne
country: France
facility: Service de gériatrie aigue de l'hôpital des Charpennes. Hospices Civils de Lyon
state: Rhone
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