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BACKGROUND AND AIMS:To investigate mortality, determinants of mortality, and time until death among elderly subjects receiving public long-term care. METHODS:This study comprises 626 respondents (age: 65-98 years). Data were collected for two cohorts (2001 and 2002). Cox regression analysis was used to identify determinants of mortality. Those who died and those who did not die were compared by, for example, demographic data and activities of daily living (ADL). RESULTS:The crude mortality rate was 9% in cohort 2001 and 14% in cohort 2002 in the first year, and 23% in cohort 2001 and 18% in cohort 2002 in the second year after decisions about care and service. Determinants of death were gender (men), severe cognitive impairment, co-morbidity, and high ADL scores. Regression analysis also showed that malignant tumors, respiratory, urinary and genito-urinary diseases were found to be significant predictors for mortality. CONCLUSIONS:The mortality rate was quite high, several diseases were common, and the need for help with ADL was wide-ranging. Results also showed that ADL scores, together with a measure of cognitive impairment, may be useful in identifying elderly subjects at high risk of mortality.
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Aging Clin Exp Resjournal_title
Aging clinical and experimental researchauthors
Jakobsson U,Hallberg IRdoi
10.1007/BF03324851subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-12-01 00:00:00pages
503-11issue
6eissn
1594-0667issn
1720-8319pii
3293journal_volume
18pub_type
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
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doi：10.1007/s40520-015-0377-5
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
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doi：10.1007/s40520-018-1094-7
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
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doi：10.1007/s40520-019-01323-2
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s40520-018-0930-0
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF03324551
更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s40520-019-01449-3
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF03324953
更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s40520-018-1007-9
更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s40520-020-01516-0
更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s40520-015-0357-9
更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1007/s40520-016-0708-1
更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF03325234
更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s40520-017-0786-8
更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1007/s40520-019-01143-4
更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s40520-019-01420-2
更新日期：2019-11-22 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.3275/8588
更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF03324415
更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s40520-017-0797-5
更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF03324644
更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/BF03324884
更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi：10.1007/BF03324749
更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s40520-015-0423-3
更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Heart failure (HF) patients with frailty syndrome (FS) are at higher risk of falling, decreased mobility, ability to perform the basic activities of daily living, frequent hospitalizations, and death. AIMS:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the correlations between FS and hospital readmissions, and t...
journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s40520-017-0824-6
更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：OBJECTIVE:A lack of understanding of the causes of attrition in longitudinal studies of older adults may lead to higher attrition rates and bias longitudinal study results. In longitudinal epidemiological studies of Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, high rates of attrition may cause a systematic underestimatio...
journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s40520-018-1087-6
更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s40520-013-0049-2
更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Aging clinical and experimental research
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1007/s40520-014-0236-9
更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00
