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Mini-Mental State Examination as a Predictor of Mortality among Older People Referred to Secondary Mental Healthcare

BACKGROUND: Lower levels of cognitive function have been found to be associated with higher mortality in older people, particularly in dementia, but the association in people with other mental disorders is still inconclusive. METHODS AND FINDINGS: Data were analysed from a large mental health case r...

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Autores principales: Su, Yu-Ping, Chang, Chin-Kuo, Hayes, Richard D., Perera, Gayan, Broadbent, Matthew, To, David, Hotopf, Matthew, Stewart, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4153564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25184819
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105312