Will-to-live and survival in a 10-year follow-up among older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 789-794

  Karppinen, Helena ^a,b   Laakkonen, Marja Liisa ^a,c   Strandberg, Timo E ^d,e   Tilvis, Reijo S ^a   Pitkälä, Kaisu H ^a,b  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c Laakso Hospital   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Elderly; Survival; Will to live

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FINLAND; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER; SURVIVAL; TERMINAL DISEASE; WILL TO LIVE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL; VOLITION;

EID: 84867785667     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs082     Document Type: Article

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