Cognitive scores, even within the normal range, predict death and institutionalization

Age and Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 373-378

  St John, Philip D ^a   Montgomery, Patrick R ^a   Kristjansson, Betsy ^b   McDowell, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Elderly; Institutionalization; Mini mental state examination; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0036750556     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/31.5.373     Document Type: Article

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