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Morbidity and comorbidity in relation to functional status
— a community-based study of the oldest old (90+ years) | | Author(s) | Eva von Strauss, Laura Fratiglioni, Matti Viitanen |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 11, November 2000 |
| Pages | pp 1462-1469 |
| Keywords | Ill health ; Mobility ; Death ; Nonagenarians ; Living in the community ; Social surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | A part of the Kungsholmen Project in Stockholm, Sweden, this study of 698 over 90s found an unexpectedly low prevalence of mortality (only 14% had died, and 19% had no disease at all) and disability (73% were functionally independent). Dementia was the most prevalent disease among women (42.2%), and cardio- and cerebrovascular diseases were most frequent among men (42.4%). The article notes some of the study's limitations, for example the focus on Alzheimer's disease (AD) and other dementia disorders. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010214209 B |
| Classmark | CH: C4: CW: BBR: K4: 3F: 76P |
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