Social support and long-term mortality in the elderly: Role of comorbidity

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 323-328

  Mazzella, Francesca ^a,b   Cacciatore, Francesco ^b   Galizia, Gianluigi ^a   Della Morte, David ^a,c   Rossetti, Marianna ^a   Abbruzzese, Rosa ^a   Langellotto, Assunta ^a   Avolio, Daniela ^a   Gargiulo, Gaetano ^a   Ferrara, Nicola ^b,d   Rengo, Franco ^a,b   Abete, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charlson Comorbidity Index; Morbidity; Mortality; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX SCORE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957334896     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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