Time trends in prevalence of activities of daily living (ADL) disability and survival: Comparing two populations (aged 78+ years) living in a rural area in Sweden

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 370-375

  Sjölund, Britt Marie ^a,b   Wimo, Anders ^a,c   Qiu, Chengxuan ^a   Engström, Maria ^b   von Strauss, Eva ^a,d  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÄVLE   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Red Cross University College   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability; Population based; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY;

DISABILITY; POPULATION-BASED; TIME TRENDS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84896737002     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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