Profiles of functioning as predictors of mortality in old age: The advantage of a configurative approach

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-75

  Shmotkin, Dov ^a   Lerner Geva, Liat ^b   Cohen Mansfield, Jiska ^a   Blumstein, Tzvia ^b   Eyal, Nitza ^a   Shorek, Aviva ^a   Kave, Gitit ^a   Hazan, Haim ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Functioning profile; Mortality prediction; Old age; Person centered methodology; Risk groups

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77953286086     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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