Among nonagenarians, congruence between self-rated and proxy-rated health was low but both predicted mortality

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 553-559

  Vuorisalmi, Merja ^a,b   Sarkeala, Tytti ^a,c   Hervonen, Antti ^a   Jylhä, Marja ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b PIRKANMAA HOSPITAL DISTRICT   (Finland)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Agreement; Mortality; Nonagenarians; Population studies; Proxy rated health; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; ELDERLY CARE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROXY RATED GLOBAL HEALTH; RATING SCALE; SELF RATED GLOBAL HEALTH; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; CUSTODY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROXY;

EID: 84861111637     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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