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cord-256326-3ebcuzd6	Liotta, Giuseppe	Is social connectedness a risk factor for the spreading of COVID-19 among older adults? The Italian paradox	2020-05-21		.txt	text/plain	2364	114	57	We analyzed several variables to test this hypothesis, such as the percentage of infected patients aged >80 years, available nursing home beds, COVID-19 incidence rate, and the number of days from when the number of positive tests exceeded 50 (epidemic maturity). While there is a very clear association between the case fatality rate and age demographics (Italy has the second oldest population worldwide and has the highest ageing index in Europe [4] with a value of 168.9), we wanted to test the hypothesis that the supposed closeness between younger and older generations in Italian families may have played a major role in the pandemic spread. Additionally, we explored the relationship between the proportion of infected patients aged >80 years and social connectedness indicators, such as the percentage of family comprising one members and household size [5] .	./cache/cord-256326-3ebcuzd6.txt	./txt/cord-256326-3ebcuzd6.txt