Association Between Nocturia and Falls-Related Long-Term Mortality Risk in the Elderly

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 640-644

  Galizia, Gianluigi ^a   Langellotto, Assunta ^b   Cacciatore, Francesco ^a,b   Mazzella, Francesca ^a,b   Testa, Gianluca ^b,c   Della Morte, David ^d   Gargiulo, Gaetano ^b   Ungar, Andrea ^e   Ferrara, Nicola ^a,c   Rengo, Franco ^a,b   Abete, Pasquale ^b  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

^e CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Long term mortality; Nocturia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FALL RISK; FALLING; FALLS RELATED LONG TERM MORTALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NOCTURIA; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84865530981     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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