The dependence medical index (DMI): Validation and comparison with the activity daily living and the instrumental activity daily living;L'indice medico di non autosufficienza: Validazione e comparazione con le scale ADL e IADL

Minerva Medica

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 143-151

  Zanocchi, M ^a,b   Ponzetto, M ^a   Francisetti, F ^a   Maero, B ^a   Giona, E ^a   Amati, D ^a   Nicola, E ^a   Corsinovi, L ^a   Cerrato, F ^a   Luppino, A ^a   Margolicci, A ^a   Molaschi, M ^a   Fabris, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aged; Comorbility scale; Functional impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; DEPENDENCE MEDICAL INDEX; DISABILITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MOBILITY; RATING SCALE; SPEECH DISORDER; TERMINAL DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WHEELCHAIR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 3042640398     PISSN: 00264806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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