Changes in Place of Death of Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Retrospective Study from an Aging Country.

Omega Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-01-30 DOI:10.1177/00302228231154361

Serdar Ceylan, Merve Guner Oytun, Arzu Okyar Bas, Zeynep Kahyaoglu, Caglayan Merve Ayaz, Cafer Balci, Burcu Balam Dogu, Mustafa Cankurtaran, Meltem Gulhan Halil

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In the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the difficulties in patients' applications to health centres, changes have occurred in the places of death of older adults. It is aimed to investigate the change in the places of death of older adults in Turkey, which is one of the countries most affected by the pandemic. Patients admitted to the geriatric outpatient clinic of a university hospital from 01.01.2013 to 29.02.2020 were included. Place and date of death were recorded as hospital or out-of-hospital death. According to results, while the median age of those who died during the pandemic was higher than before (p < 0.001) and during the pandemic, the hospital mortality ratio was higher than before. During the pandemic period, the hospital mortality ratio of older adults has increased in Turkey. This situation, which has occurred despite the increasing healthcare burden, can show the importance of the measures taken and robust health infrastructure.

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COVID-19 大流行期间老年人死亡地点的变化：一个老龄化国家的回顾性研究。

在 COVID-19 大流行期间，由于病人难以向保健中心提出申请，老年人的死亡地点发生了变化。土耳其是受该大流行病影响最严重的国家之一，本研究旨在调查土耳其老年人死亡地点的变化情况。研究对象包括 2013 年 1 月 1 日至 2020 年 2 月 29 日在一所大学医院老年病门诊就诊的患者。死亡地点和日期记录为医院内或医院外死亡。结果显示，大流行期间死亡者的年龄中位数高于大流行前（P < 0.001），大流行期间的住院死亡率高于大流行前。在大流行期间，土耳其老年人的住院死亡率有所上升。尽管医疗保健负担日益加重，但这种情况还是出现了，这表明了所采取措施和健全的医疗基础设施的重要性。

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