Open AccessCross-Sectional Analysis of Risk Factors for Outbreak of COVID-19 in Nursing Homes for Older Adults in the Community of Madrid
Author(s) -
Jesús San Román,
Francisco Javier Candel,
María del Mar Carretero,
Juan Carlos Sanz,
Marta Pérez-Abeledo,
Pablo Barreiro,
José Manuel Viñuela-Prieto,
Belén Ramos,
Jesús Canora,
Raquel Barba,
Antonio Zapatero-Gaviria,
Javier MartinezPeromingo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
gerontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.397
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1423-0003
pISSN - 0304-324X
DOI - 10.1159/000524553
Subject(s) - outbreak , medicine , cross sectional study , nursing homes , seroprevalence , population , incidence (geometry) , covid-19 , cohort , cohort study , environmental health , demography , gerontology , nursing , disease , virology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , serology , immunology , pathology , sociology , antibody , physics , optics
Nursing homes for older adults have been hot spots for SARS-CoV-2 infections and mortality. Factors that facilitate COVID-19 outbreaks in these settings need to be assessed.