Functional changes during hospital stay in older patients admitted to an acute care ward: A multicenter observational study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  De Buyser, Stefanie L ^a   Petrovic, Mirko ^a   Taes, Youri E ^a   Vetrano, Davide L ^b   Corsonello, Andrea ^c   Volpato, Stefano ^d   Onder, Graziano ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c INRCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WALKING SPEED; CLINICAL TRIAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE;

EID: 84901278807     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096398     Document Type: Article

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