Performance-based assessments and demand for personal care in older Japanese people: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Shimada, Hiroyuki ^a   Suzuki, Takao ^a   Suzukawa, Megumi ^b   Makizako, Hyuma ^a   Doi, Takehiko ^a   Yoshida, Daisuke ^a   Tsutsumimoto, Kota ^a   Anan, Yuya ^a   Uemura, Kazuki ^a   Ito, Tadashi ^a   Lee, Sangyoon ^a   Park, Hyuntae ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUMAN ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHAIR; CHAIR STAND TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GAIT; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONAL CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDING; TIMED UP AND GO TEST; WALKING SPEED;

EID: 84877695854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002424     Document Type: Article

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