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Does self-rated health predict survival in older persons with cognitive impairment?
Author(s)	Jennifer D Walker, Colleen J Maxwell, David B Hogan
Journal title	Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 52, no 11, November 2004
Pages	pp 1895-1900
Source	http://www.americangeriatrics.org http://www.blackwellpublishing.com
Keywords	Health [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Cognitive impairment ; Longevity ; Correlation ; Canada.
Annotation	A total of 8,697 community-dwelling participants aged 65+ in the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA) were followed for their survival status from initial interview in 1991 until October 1996. Their cognitive ability was ascertained using the Modified Mini Mental State Examination (3MS). Those with reports of poor SRH were significantly more likely to die during follow-up than those reporting good SRH, after adjusting for relevant covariates. SRH was also related to other measures of health status across levels of cognitive impairment. SRH remained a significant predictor of mortality in those with mild to moderate cognitive impairment, but not those with severe cognitive impairment. These findings highlight the potential role of complex cognitive processes underlying the SRH-mortality relationship. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-050215204 A
Classmark	CC: D: E4: BGA: 49: 7S
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