Transitions in the functional status of disabled community-living older adults over a 3-year follow-up period

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-17

  Nikolova, Rossitza ^a,b   Demers, Louise ^a,b   Béland, François ^b   Giroux, Francine ^a  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disabled older adults; Functional status transitions

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PREVALENCE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78649687695     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.11.003     Document Type: Article

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