The de Morton Mobility Index (DEMMI): An essential health index for an ageing world

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  de Morton, Natalie A ^a,b   Davidson, Megan ^c   Keating, Jennifer L ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Northern Psychiatry Research Centre   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DE MORTON MORBIDITY INDEX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RASCH ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY; AGED; APACHE; AUSTRALIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; APACHE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 52949126053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-6-63     Document Type: Article

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