Prevalence of functional disability in activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and associated factors, as predictors of morbidity and mortality

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 306-310

  Millán Calenti, José C ^a   Tubío, Javier ^a   Pita Fernández, Salvador ^b   González Abraldes, Isabel ^a   Lorenzo, Trinidad ^a   Fernández Arruty, Teresa ^a   Maseda, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL JUAN CANALEJO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Basic activities of daily living (ADL); Dependence; Elderly people; Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL); Morbidity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPAIN;

EID: 77649338703     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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