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Gait Speed rather than Dynapenia Is a Simple Indicator for Complex Care Needs: A Cross-sectional Study Using Minimum Data Set

The impact of dynapenia on the complexity of care for residents of long-term care facilities (LTCF) remains unclear. The present study evaluated associations between dynapenia, care problems and care complexity in 504 residents of Veterans Care Homes (VCHs) in Taiwan. Subjects with dynapenia, define...

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Autores principales: Huang, Tzu-Ya, Liang, Chih-Kuang, Shen, Hsiu-Chu, Chen, Hon-I, Liao, Mei-Chen, Chou, Ming-Yueh, Lin, Yu-Te, Chen, Liang-Kung
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5566363/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28827697
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08791-4