Development of a prognostic model for six-month mortality in older adults with declining health

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 527-539

  Han, Paul K J ^a   Lee, Minjung ^b   Reeve, Bryce B ^b   Mariotto, Angela B ^b   Wang, Zhuoqiao ^c   Hays, Ron D ^d   Yabroff, K Robin ^b   Topor, Marie ^c   Feuer, Eric J ^b  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

clinical prediction model; elderly; health related quality of life; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENERGY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT REPORTED OUTCOME MORTALITY PREDICTION TOOL; PREDICTION; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; TERMINALLY ILL PATIENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84863128739     PISSN: 08853924     EISSN: 18736513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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