134574 20260217205502.0 doi 10.2147/CIA.S444716 sideral 138251 ART-2024-138251 eng Matovelle, Priscila Universidad de Zaragoza Health Outcomes for Older Patients with Chronic Diseases During the First Pandemic Year 2024 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Background: Worldwide, chronic diseases are prevalent among the older adults, significantly affecting their health and healthcare system. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated these challenges, disrupting healthcare services. Our study assesses the impact on older individuals with chronic diseases who were not infected with COVID-19, analyzing comorbidities, medication use, mortality rates, and resource utilization using real data from Aragon, Spain. Methods: A retrospective observational study, conducted in Aragon, Spain, focused on individuals aged 75 and older with at least one chronic disease, who were not infected of COVID-19. The research used actual data collected during three distinct periods: the first covered the six months prior to the pandemic, the second the six months after the lockdown, and the third the period between six and twelve months. Key variables included socio-demographics, comorbidities, clinical parameters, medication use, and health services utilization. Results: We included 128.130 older adults. Mean age was 82.88 years, with 60.3% being women. The most common chronic diseases were hypertension (73.2%), dyslipidemia (52.5%), and dorsopathies (31.5%). More than 90% had more than 2 conditions. A notable decline in new chronic disease diagnoses was observed, particularly pronounced in the six to twelve months period after lockdown. Although statistically significant differences were observed in all clinical variables analyzed, they were considered clinically irrelevant. Furthermore, a decrease in healthcare services utilization and medication prescriptions was reported. Conclusion: Our study highlights a decrease in new chronic disease diagnoses, ongoing reductions in healthcare utilization, and medication prescriptions for older adults with pre-existing chronic conditions, unaffected by COVID-19 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/B21-23R-GAIAP info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/COVID-01 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FEDER/Another way to make Europe info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/ISCIII-RICAPPS/RD21-0016-0005 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by-nc https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/deed.es 3.7 2024 GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY 28 / 73 = 0.384 2024 Q2 T2 1.117 2024 Medicine (miscellaneous) 2024 Q1 Geriatrics and Gerontology 2024 Q2 6.2 2024 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Oliván-Blázquez, Bárbara Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-6565-9699 Domínguez-García, Marta Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-8942-814X Casado-Vicente, Verónica Pascual de la Pisa, Beatriz Magallón-Botaya, Rosa Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-5494-6550 4009 740 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicología Social 1007 610 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm. Area Medicina 19 (2024), 13 pp. Clin. interv. aging Clinical Interventions in Aging 1176-9092 1436385 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/134574/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2582295 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/134574/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:134574 articulos driver 2026-02-17-20:22:13 ARTICLE