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Survival in a residential home — an eleven-year longitudinal study
Author(s)	Anastasius S Dontas, Anastasia Tzonou, Popi Kasviki-Charvati
Journal title	Offprint: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 39, 1991
Pages	pp 641-649
Keywords	Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Longevity ; Death rate [statistics] ; Mobility ; Hypertension ; Suicide ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	The length of survival and various risk factors were studied in 408 residents (141 men, 267 women) of a large residential home in the US. They were aged 68 years and over at entry on admission between 1978 and 1983, and were physically independent, continent and non-diabetic. They were followed until the end of 1988, by which time 78% had died. Data obtained from multivariate proportional hazard analysis highlight the relative importance of specific factors associated with people's survival in residential homes. The presence of mild impairment of mobility at entry is by far the strongest predictor of early death, while smoking and lower haematocrit (volume of red cells in the blood) also exert important adverse effects. Certain 'risk factors', i.e. elevated systolic blood pressure and serum cholesterol, have a minimal protective effect, if any, in this age group. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-980108206 A
Classmark	KX: KW: BGA: S5: C4: CQQ: EV: 3J: 7T *
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