Clinically diagnosed infections predict disability in activities of daily living among the oldest-old in the general population: The Leiden 85-plus Study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 482-488

  Caljouw, Monique A A ^a   Kruijdenberg, Saskia J M ^a   De Craen, Anton J M ^a   Cools, Herman J M ^a   Den Elzen, Wendy P J ^a   Gussekloo, Jacobijn ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADL disability; General population; Infections; Older people; Oldest old

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRONINGEN ACTIVITY RESTRICTION SCALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADL DISABILITY; GENERAL POPULATION; INFECTIONS; OLDER PEOPLE; OLDEST-OLD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84879850470     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/aft033     Document Type: Article

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