Functional trajectory 6 months posthospitalization: A cohort study of older hospitalized patients in Taiwan

Nursing Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-100

  Chen, Cheryl Chia Hui ^a,b   Wang, Charlotte ^c   Huang, Guan Hua ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Acute care for the older persons; Aged; Functional decline; Geriatrics; Longitudinal design

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONVALESCENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 41149155361     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNR.0000313485.18670.e2     Document Type: Article

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