{"id":1382,"date":"2020-10-06T09:16:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T16:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/?p=1382"},"modified":"2020-10-08T09:17:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T16:17:23","slug":"prevalence-management-and-outcomes-of-sars-cov-2-infections-in-older-people-and-those-with-dementia-in-mental-health-wards-in-london-uk-a-retrospective-observational-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/10\/06\/prevalence-management-and-outcomes-of-sars-cov-2-infections-in-older-people-and-those-with-dementia-in-mental-health-wards-in-london-uk-a-retrospective-observational-study\/","title":{"rendered":"Prevalence, Management, and Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Older People and Those with Dementia in Mental Health Wards in London, UK: A Retrospective Observational Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>A retrospective observational study conducted in London, UK from March 1 to April 30 (n=344) found that people in psychiatric inpatient settings who were admitted without known SARS-CoV-2 infection had a high risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality compared to the general population. The authors calculated a period prevalence of 38%, of which 12% were asymptomatic, 92% had comorbidities, 56% had dementia, and 15% died from COVID-19 related causes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Livingston et al. (Oct 5, 2020). Prevalence, Management, and Outcomes of SARS-CoV-2 Infections in Older People and Those with Dementia in Mental Health Wards in London, UK: A Retrospective Observational Study. The Lancet Psychiatry. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S2215-0366(20)30434-X\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S2215-0366(20)30434-X<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A retrospective observational study conducted in London, UK from March 1 to April 30 (n=344) found that people in psychiatric inpatient settings who were admitted without known SARS-CoV-2 infection had a high risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and mortality compared to the general population. The authors calculated a period prevalence of 38%, of which 12% were&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a class=\"more\" href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/2020\/10\/06\/prevalence-management-and-outcomes-of-sars-cov-2-infections-in-older-people-and-those-with-dementia-in-mental-health-wards-in-london-uk-a-retrospective-observational-study\/\">Read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[44],"topic":[18],"class_list":["post-1382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-summary","tag-mental-health-personal-impact","topic-mental-health-and-personal-impact"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1383,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1382\/revisions\/1383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1382"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/pandemicalliance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=1382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}