Infections and Functional Impairment in Nursing Home Residents: A Reciprocal Relationship

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 700-706

  Büla, Christophe J ^a,c   Ghilardi, Giuseppe ^a   Wietlisbach, Vincent ^a,b   Petignat, Christiane ^c   Francioli, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Functional impairment; Infections; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; SWITZERLAND;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; INFECTION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 2342508267     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52205.x     Document Type: Article

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