Multimorbidity measures were poor predictors of adverse events in patients aged ≥80 years: A prospective cohort study

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 220-227

  Boeckxstaens, Pauline ^a   Vaes, Bert ^b,c   Van Pottelbergh, Gijs ^b,c   De Sutter, An ^a   Legrand, Delphine ^b   Adriaensen, Wim ^b   Matheï, Catharina ^b   Dalleur, Olivia ^d   Degryse, Jan ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Functional decline; Hospitalization; Measurement; Mortality; Multimorbidity; Older persons

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COUNT; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIMORBIDITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVAL RATE; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING SPEED; COMORBIDITY; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84920693414     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.08.010     Document Type: Article

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