Cumulative incidence of functional decline after minor injuries in previously independent older Canadian individuals in the emergency department

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1661-1668

  Sirois, Marie Josée ^a,b   Émond, Marcel ^b   Ouellet, Marie Christine ^b,c   Perry, Jeffrey ^d   Daoust, Raoul ^e   Morin, Jacques ^b   Dionne, Clermont ^a,b   Camden, Stéphanie ^b   Moore, Lynne ^b   Allain Boulé, Nadine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c INSTITUT DE RÉADAPTATION EN DÉFICIENCE PHYSIQUE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^d OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e HÔPITAL DU SACRÉ COEUR DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

emergency department; functional decline; injuries; mobility; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINOR INJURY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT; FUNCTIONAL DECLINE; INJURIES; MOBILITY; OLDER ADULTS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84885669056     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12482     Document Type: Article

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