The link of dementia to COVID-19 death is weaker than previous studies.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – A large studio related dementia with an increased risk of death in Covid-19 patients. The data in this study was collected during the two years of the pandemic.
However, the association is weaker than in previously published studies. The primary outcome of this study is the association of dementia diagnosis with an increased risk of death during hospital stay.
“Dementia is associated with an increased risk of death, but the association is weaker than reported in most previous publications,” said Marc Axel Wollmer, director of the Geronto-psychiatry department at Asklepios Nord- Ochsenzoll in Hamburg, Germany.
The relationship between dementia and mortality was investigated using multivariate logistic regression adjusted for age, sex, cancer, diabetes mellitus, lipid metabolism disorders, obesity, heart failure, ischemic heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, cirrhosis of the liver, and possible COVID-19. 19 variants. .
Of the 28,311 patients diagnosed with Covid-19, 3,317 (11.3%) had a diagnosis of dementia. Although SARS-CoV-2 has changed over time and vaccination has greatly improved the overall prognosis of people who contract COVID-19, more research is needed to identify, prevent and treat risk factors for dying from this disease.
