Association of polypharmacy with nutritional status, functional ability and cognitive capacity over a three-year period in an elderly population

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 514-522

  Jyrkkä, Johanna ^a   Enlund, Hannes ^b   Lavikainen, Piia ^a   Sulkava, Raimo ^a,c   Hartikainen, Sirpa ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d Leppävirta Health Center   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cognition; Elderly; Nutrition; Physical functionality; Polypharmacy

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POLYPHARMACY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; FINLAND; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POLYPHARMACY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79955157470     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.2116     Document Type: Article

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