Effects of COVID-19 Lockdown on Nutritional, Functional and Frailty Biomarkers of People Living in Nursing Homes. A Prospective Study.
Adriana Catarina de Souza OliveiraMaría Gómez GallegoCarmelo Gómez MartínezRosa López MongilJorge Moreno MolinaJuan José Hernandez MorantePaloma Echevarría-PérezPublished in: Biological research for nursing (2023)
After the first COVID-19 blockade, several alterations in residents' frailty markers were observed, which were small and potentially reversible. However, many of the residents were pre-frail after the lockdown. This fact highlights the need for preventive strategies to reduce the impact of future social and physical stressors on these vulnerable individuals.