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Long-term prediction of changes in health status, frailty, nursing care and mortality in community-dwelling senior citizens - results from the longitudinal urban cohort ageing study (LUCAS)
BACKGROUND: The detection of incipient functional decline in elderly persons is not an easy task. Here, we propose the self-reporting Functional Ability Index (FA index) suitable to screen functional competence in senior citizens in the community setting. Its prognostic validity was investigated in...
| Autores principales: | , , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4289576/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25522653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-141 |