Cognitive impairment assessed at annual geriatric health examinations predicts mortality among the elderly

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-34

  Wu, Chen Yi ^a,b   Chou, Yi Chang ^a,b   Huang, Nicole ^a,b   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^a   Hu, Hsiao Yun ^a,b   Li, Chung Pin ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Elderly; Mortality; Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANNUAL GERIATRIC HEALTH EXAMINATIONS PROGRAM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC HEALTH EXAMINATION; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84904262759     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2014.06.027     Document Type: Article

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