Risk factors for outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 infection at retirement homes in Ontario, Canada: a population-level cohort study

被引:24
作者
Costa, Andrew P. [1 ,2 ,3 ,4 ,5 ,6 ]
Manis, Derek R. [1 ,6 ]
Jones, Aaron [1 ,5 ]
Stall, Nathan M. [5 ,7 ,8 ,9 ,10 ,11 ,12 ]
Brown, Kevin A. [13 ,14 ]
Boscart, Veronique [4 ,15 ]
Castellino, Adriane [16 ]
Heckman, George A. [4 ,17 ]
Hillmer, Michael P. [10 ,18 ]
Ma, Chloe [16 ]
Pham, Paul [16 ]
Rais, Saad [18 ]
Sinha, Samir K. [7 ,8 ,9 ,10 ,12 ]
Poss, Jeffrey W. [1 ,17 ]
机构
[1] McMaster Univ, Dept Hlth Res Methods Evidence & Impact, Hamilton, ON, Canada
[2] McMaster Univ, Dept Med, Hamilton, ON, Canada
[3] St Josephs Hlth Syst, Ctr Integrated Care, Hamilton, ON, Canada
[4] Schlegel Res Inst Aging, Waterloo, ON, Canada
[5] Inst Clin Evaluat Sci IC ES, Toronto, ON, Canada
[6] St Josephs Hlth Syst, Ctr Hlth Econ & Policy Anal, Hamilton, ON, Canada
[7] Sinai Hlth, Div Gen Internal Med & Geriatr Med, Toronto, ON, Canada
[8] Univ Hlth Network, Toronto, ON, Canada
[9] Univ Toronto, Dept Med, Toronto, ON, Canada
[10] Univ Toronto, Inst Hlth Policy Management & Evaluat, Toronto, ON, Canada
[11] Ryerson Univ, Womens Coll Hosp, Womens Coll Res Inst, Toronto, ON, Canada
[12] Ryerson Univ, Natl Inst Ageing, Toronto, ON, Canada
[13] Publ Hlth Ontario, Infect Prevent & Control, Toronto, ON, Canada
[14] Univ Toronto, Dalla Lana Sch Publ Hlth, Toronto, ON, Canada
[15] Conestoga Coll, Inst Technol & Adv Learning, Kitchener, ON, Canada
[16] Retirement Homes Regulatory Author RHRA, Toronto, ON, Canada
[17] Univ Waterloo, Sch Publ Hlth & Hlth Syst, Waterloo, ON, Canada
[18] Ontario Minist Hlth, Capac Planning & Analyt, Toronto, ON, Canada
关键词
COVID-19;
D O I
10.1503/cmaj.202756
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
BACKGROUND: The epidemiology of SARS-CoV-2 infection in retirement homes (also known as assisted living facilities) is largely unknown. We examined the association between home-and community-level characteristics and the risk of outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 infection in retirement homes since the beginning of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: We conducted a population-based, retrospective cohort study of licensed retirement homes in Ontario, Canada, from Mar. 1 to Dec. 18, 2020. Our primary outcome was an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection (>= 1 resident or staff case confirmed by validated nucleic acid amplification assay). We used time-dependent proportional hazards methods to model the associations between retirement home- and community-level characteristics and outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 infection. RESULTS: Our cohort included all 770 licensed retirement homes in Ontario, which housed 56 491 residents. There were 273 (35.5%) retirement homes with 1 or more outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 infection, involving 1944 (3.5%) residents and 1101 staff (3.0%). Cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection were distributed unevenly across retirement homes, with 2487 (81.7%) resident and staff cases occurring in 77 (10%) homes. The adjusted hazard of an outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 infection in a retirement home was positively associated with homes that had a large resident capacity, were co-located with a long-term care facility, were part of larger chains, offered many services onsite, saw increases in regional incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and were located in a region with a higher community-level ethnic concentration. INTERPRETATION: Readily identifiable characteristics of retirement homes are independently associated with outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2 infection and can support risk identification and priority for vaccination.
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