- Project status
- Complete
- Contact
- Gill Livingston
- Institution web page
- https://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychiatry/people/livingston-g
- Host institution
- University College London
- Team members
- Hossein Rostamipour, Paul Gallagher, Chris Kalafatis, Abhishek Shastri, Lauren Huzzey, Kathy Liu, Andrew Sommerlad, Louise Marston
- Project Summary
Retrospective observational study, we collected demographic data, mental health diagnoses, clinical diagnosis of COVID-19, symptoms, management, and COVID-19-related outcome data of inpatients aged 65 years or older or with dementia who were already inpatients or admitted as inpatients to five London mental health Trusts, between March 1 and April 30, 2020, and information about available COVID-19-related resources (i.e., testing and personal protective equipment). Patients were determined to have COVID-19 if they had a positive SARS-CoV-2 PCR test, or had relevant symptoms indicative of COVID-19, as determined by their treating physician. We calculated period prevalence of COVID-19 and analysed patients’ characteristics, treatments, and outcomes.
- Outputs / Expected Outputs
Findings: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(20)30434-X/fulltext -https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30434-X
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Care setting
- Other
- Funding type
- No funding
- Impact/outcomes
- COVID-19 Infection rates | Implementation outcomes
- Intervention types
- Preventing/controlling COVID-19 infections
- Methods
- Surveys
- Groups/organisations
- People with dementia