Onset of mobility disability among community-dwelling old men and women. The role of tiredness in daily activities

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 579-584

  Avlund, Kirsten ^a   Vass, Mikkel ^a   Hendriksen, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ageing; Disability; Functional decline; Mobility; Tiredness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; ELDERLY CARE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WALKING;

EID: 0344034786     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afg101     Document Type: Article

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