Diminished mental- and physical function and lack of social support are associated with shorter survival in community dwelling older persons of Botswana

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Clausen, Thomas ^a   Wilson, Adrian O ^b   Molebatsi, Robert M ^c   Holmboe Ottesen, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b African Foundation for Research and Interdisciplinary Training in Ageing (AFRITA)   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FAMILY SIZE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HOUSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOTSWANA; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 34447618832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-144     Document Type: Article

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