Predictive items of functional decline and 2-year mortality in nonagenarians - The NonaSantfeliu study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 406-409

  Ferrer, Assumpta ^a   Formiga, Francesc ^a,b   Ruiz, Domingo ^c   Mascaró, Jordi ^b   Olmedo, Claudia ^a   Pujol, Ramón ^b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b Primary Health Care Centre El Pla CAP I   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Functional decline; Mortality; Nonagenarian; Physical performance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 48149113639     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckn020     Document Type: Article

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