Factors associated with decline in physical functional health in a cohort of older women

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 382-388

  Sibbritt, David W ^a   Byles, Julie E ^b   Regan, Cathy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c General Practice Training Valley to Coast   (Australia)

Author keywords

Decision tree; Physical decline; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION TREE; DRUG USE; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34547891457     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm017     Document Type: Article

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