Survival prediction in nursing home residents using the Minimum Data Set subscales: ADL Self-Performance Hierarchy, Cognitive Performance and the Changes in Health, End-stage disease and Symptoms and Signs scales

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 308-312

  Lee, Jenny S W ^a   Chau, Patsy P H ^b   Hui, Elsie ^a   Chan, Felix ^c   Woo, Jean ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Fung Yiu King Hospital   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cognition; Elderly; Function; Mortality prediction; Nursing home; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NURSING HOMES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 66249148988     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp006     Document Type: Article

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