National Survey of Symptoms of People Aged 70 and Overs Diagnosed With COVID-19
National Survey of Symptoms of People Aged 70 and Overs Diagnosed With COVID-19
Cross-sectional study based on a French national survey aimed to described and identify the
 most frequent symptoms of COVID-19 older patients.
This cross-sectional survey was initiated and conducted by the French Society of Geriatrics
 and Gerontology. A standardized questionnaire was emailed to 1600 geriatrician members of the
 French Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology throughout France between March 22, 2020 and
 April 5, 2020. Geriatricians were asked to complete the survey for their last 10 patients
 infected by the SARS-CoV-2. The study was declared to the Commission Nationale de
 l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) under the number ar20-0031v1.

 For each patient, demographic characteristics (age, gender, residence place, care place,
 autonomy according to the Groupe Iso Ressource (GIR)), medical history (presence of major
 neurocognitive disorder, hypertension, diabetes, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary
 disease (COPD), heart pathology, severe renal failure with a clearance of creatinine under
 30ml/min, solid or liquid cancer) were collected. The symptoms within de 72 hours of the
 actual disease were also collected for each patient including geriatric syndromes (fall,
 hypoactive or hyperactive delirium, altered general status, altered conscience), general
 symptoms (temperature, blood pressure), respiratory symptoms (cough, polypnea), ear nose and
 throat (ENT) symptoms (rhinorrhea, odynophagia, otalgia, conjunctivitis, ageusia or
 dysgeusia, anosmia), digestive symptoms (diarrhea, nausea or vomiting), and blood formula
 modification (leucopenia (with count if available), lymphopenia (with count if available),
 thrombopenia (with count if available).

 Procedure Data were collected by the physician who was in charge of the patient between March
 22, 2020 and April 5, 2020.

 Given the main objective of the study was only descriptive, no calculation was required
 concerning the number of subjects to include in the study.
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  confirmed COVID-19 defined by a positive RT-PCR to SARS-CoV-2

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  none