An Observational, Prospective, Multicenter Study

Funding Information: This paper is under the auspices of the SIGOT (Italian Geriatric Hospital and Community Society) and the Special Interest Group in CGA of the European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS). An abstract of this work has been previously presented and published in the ‘Abstracts of the 18th Congress of the European Geriatric Medicine Society: Live from London and Online, 28–30 September 2022’. MPI-COVID-19 Study Group Investigators: Mario Barbagallo (Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy), Simone Dini (Department of Geriatric Care, Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy), Naima Madlen Diesner (Division of Geriatrics, University Medical Center Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany), Marilia Fernandes (Serviço de Medicina Interna, Hospital Curry Cabral, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Central/Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal), Federica Gandolfo (Department of Geriatric Care, Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy), Sara Garaboldi (Department of Geriatric Care, Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy), Clarissa Musacchio (Department of Geriatric Care, Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy), Andrea Pilotto (Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy), Lena Pickert (Ageing Clinical Research, Department II of Internal Medicine and Center for Molecular Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany), Silvia Podestà (Department of Geriatric Care, Orthogeriatrics and Rehabilitation, Galliera Hospital, Genoa, Italy), Giovanni Ruotolo (Geriatrics Unit, “Pugliese Ciaccio” Hospital, Catanzaro, Italy), Katiuscia Sciolè (Infectious Disease Unit, Sanremo Hospital, ASL 1 Imperiese, Sanremo, Italy), Julia Schlotmann (Klinikum Oldenburg AöR, Oldenburg University, Oldenburg, Germany). Funding Information: Open access funding provided by Università degli Studi di Palermo within the CRUI-CARE Agreement. Publisher Copyright: © 2023, The Author(s).