The combined effect of visual impairment and cognitive impairment on disability in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 885-891

  Whitson, Heather E ^a,d   Cousins, Scott W ^b   Burchett, Bruce M ^a,c   Hybels, Celia F ^a,c   Pieper, Carl F ^a,c   Cohen, Harvey J ^a,c,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Dementia; Functional decline; Multimorbidity; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 34347360790     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01093.x     Document Type: Article

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