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Heart failure in community dwelling older persons: aims, design, and adherence rate of the ICARe Dicomano Project
— an epidemiologic study | | Author(s) | Mauro D Bari, Niccolo Marchionni, Luigi Ferrucci |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 6, June 1999 |
| Pages | pp 664-671 |
| Keywords | Heart disease ; Symptoms ; Living in the community ; Health [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Cross sectional surveys ; Italy. |
| Annotation | The prevalence of heart failure (HF) increases with age, and HF is a major cause of disability and mortality in older people. This paper describes a cross-sectional survey of 864 people aged 65 and over living in the community in Dicomano, a small town near Florence, Italy. All domains of multidimensional geriatric assessment were explored through different phases of the study (home interview, laboratory testing, geriatric visit) that comprised an extensive cardiopulmonary instrumental assessment. Presence of major chronic conditions was ascertained by predefined, standard algorithms that were based largely on clinical examination. Although there was a substantial decline from the 91.2% interviewed at home to the 71.1% in the cardiopulmonary study, the population examined was fairly representative of the original eligible population. The data collected offers a unique opportunity to assess the validity of the diagnostic clinical criteria for HF in the general older population, to identify the pathophysiology underlying the syndrome, and to investigate the relationship between HF, comorbidity and disability. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825310 A |
| Classmark | CQH: CT: K4: CC: CA: 3KB: 76V |
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