Older People's Quality of Life (OPQOL) scores and adverse health outcomes at a one-year follow-up. A prospective cohort study on older outpatients living in the community in Italy

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 9, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Bilotta, Claudio ^a,b   Bowling, Ann ^c   Nicolini, Paola ^a,d   Casè, Alessandra ^a   Pina, Gloria ^a   Rossi, Silvia V ^a   Vergani, Carlo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEATH; DISABILITY; EMERGENCY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OUTPATIENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSING HOMES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80052576070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-9-72     Document Type: Article

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