Functional status and self-rated health in 2,262 nonagenarians: The Danish 1905 cohort survey

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 601-609

  Nybo, Hanne ^a   Gaist, David ^a   Jeune, Bernard ^a   McGue, Matt ^b   Vaupel, James W ^a,c   Christensen, Kaare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

ADL; Functional status; Nonagenarians; Oldest old; Physical performance test

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RATING SCALE; SELF EVALUATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MORTALITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0035015426     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49121.x     Document Type: Article

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