Objective: To identify the factors associated with the categories of loneliness among the elderly population attendingday care centers in Bogotá, Colombia.Materials and methods: An analytical, cross-sectional and quantitative study was carried out to measure the lonelinessamong older people attending a day care center in the city of Bogotá between November 2020 and June 2021 usingthe ESTE scale. To meet the objective, a univariate descriptive statistical analysis was performed, such that, for thequantitative variables, the mean with standard deviation or median with interquartile ranges were used, in accordance with the Shapiro-Wilk test for normality, and for the categorical variables, absolute frequencies and proportions wereused. The bivariate analysis was conducted using Student’s t-test and chi-square test (p < 0.05), which contributed tobuild a logistic regression model with...

Objective: To characterize the geriatric patient profile and identify the mortality-associated factors in a population over 80 years hospitalized with COVID-19 infection in the geriatric ward of a university hospital in the city of Bogotá.Materials and methods: An analytical observational retrospective cohort study based on chart reviews was conducted. The study included patients over 80 years with confirmed COVID-19 infection from March 1, 2020 to February 28, 2021. The dependent variable was mortality and the independent variables were age, clinical factors, baseline characteristics and paraclinical status.Results: Two hundred eighty (280) patients with a median age of 84 years, most of whom were overweight, were identified. The most frequent symptom was cough followed by dyspnea. Out of all patients, 60.3 % presented lymphopenia and elevated D-dimer levels (> 1,000 μg/L), and mos...