Use of the Barthel Index to Assess Activities of Daily Living before and after SARS-COVID 19 Infection of Institutionalized Nursing Home Patients

López-López, Daniel; Trevissón Redondo, Bibiana; Pérez Boal, Eduardo; Marqués-Sánchez, Pilar; Liébana-Presa, Cristina; Navarro Flores, Emmanuel; Jiménez Fernández, Raquel; Corral-Liria, Inmaculada; Losa Iglesias, Marta Elena; Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Ricardo

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Use of the Barthel Index to Assess Activities of Daily Living before and after SARS-COVID 19 Infection of Institutionalized Nursing Home Patients

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2183/30233

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph18147258

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2021-07

Authors

López-López, Daniel

Trevissón Redondo, Bibiana

Pérez Boal, Eduardo

Marqués-Sánchez, Pilar

Liébana-Presa, Cristina

Navarro Flores, Emmanuel

Jiménez Fernández, Raquel

Corral-Liria, Inmaculada

Losa Iglesias, Marta Elena

Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, Ricardo

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Trevissón-Redondo, B.; López-López, D.; Pérez-Boal, E.; Marqués-Sánchez, P.; Liébana-Presa, C.; Navarro-Flores, E.; Jiménez-Fernández, R.; Corral-Liria, I.; Losa-Iglesias, M.; Becerro-de-Bengoa-Vallejo, R. Use of the Barthel Index to Assess Activities of Daily Living before and after SARS-COVID 19 Infection of Institutionalized Nursing Home Patients. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 7258. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147258

Abstract

[Abstract] The objective of the present study was to evaluate the activities of daily living (ADLs) using the Barthel Index before and after infection with the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and also to determine whether or not the results varied according to gender. The ADLs of 68 cohabiting geriatric patients, 34 men and 34 women, in two nursing homes were measured before and after SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19)) infection. COVID-19 infection was found to affect the performance of ADLs in institutionalized elderly in nursing homes, especially in the more elderly subjects, regardless of sex. The COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to having claimed many victims, especially in the elderly population, has led to a reduction in the abilities of these people to perform their ADLs and caused considerable worsening of their quality of life even after recovering from the disease.