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

Bibiana Trevissón-Redondo, Daniel López-López, Eduardo Pérez-Boal, Pilar Marqués-Sánchez, Cristina Liébana-Presa, Emmanuel Navarro-Flores, Raquel Jiménez-Fernández, Inmaculada Corral-Liria, Marta Losa-Iglesias and Ricardo Becerro- de-Bengoa-Vallejo
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Bibiana Trevissón-Redondo: SALBIS Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Daniel López-López: Research, Health and Podiatry Unit, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry, Universidade da Coruña, 15403 Ferrol, Spain
Eduardo Pérez-Boal: Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Pilar Marqués-Sánchez: SALBIS Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Cristina Liébana-Presa: SALBIS Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Emmanuel Navarro-Flores: Frailty Research Organizaded Group (FROG), Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing and Podiatry, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
Raquel Jiménez-Fernández: Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Madrid, Spain
Inmaculada Corral-Liria: Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Madrid, Spain
Marta Losa-Iglesias: Faculty of Health Sciences, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, 28933 Madrid, Spain
Ricardo Becerro- de-Bengoa-Vallejo: Facultad de Enfermería, Fisioterapia y Podología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 14, 1-11

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.

Keywords: activities of daily living; Barthel index; SARS-CoV-2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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