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Table 1 Comparison between the COVID and the non-COVID group reported from nursing homes to the SRPC during 2020

From: Dying from COVID-19 in nursing homes-sex differences in symptom occurrence

 

COVID-19

Not COVID-19

p value

Age in years – mean (range)

87 (65–107)

87 (65–108)

0.31

Men – n (%)

858/1994 (43%)

5431/13783 (39%)

.002

Comorbidities (one person can have multiple comorbidities reported) – n (%)

Heart disease

563/1994 (28%)

4778/13783 (35%)

< .001

Dementia

974/1994 (49%)

6269/13783 (46%)

.005

Cancer

143/1994 (7%)

2546/13783 (19%)

< .001

Days in nursing home before death

Mean (range)

850 (0–6910)

858 (0–31,986)

.76

Median

603

547

Dyspnoea

583/1892 (31%)

2309/13293 (17%)

< .001

Pain

1350/1938 (70%)

9668/13471 (72%)

.05

Nausea

176/1831 (10%)

1405/12800 (11%)

.08

Anxiety

1048/1873 (56%)

6800/12916 (53%)

.007

Death rattles

1005/1954 (51%)

6273/13573 (46%)

< .001

Confusion

433/1741 (25%)

2785/12385 (23%)

.026

  1. Only expected deaths, based on the disease trajectory, were included. Comparison of occurrence of six symptoms during the last week in life between the COVID and non-COVID groups. Analysed with t-test and chi2-test