Prevalence and Causes of Functional Disability in an Elderly General Population of Japanese: The Hisayama Study

BACKGROUND: There are limited data on the prevalence and causes of disability in the elderly general population in Japan. METHODS: In a population-based cross-sectional study of 1550 Japanese aged 65 years or older, we examined the prevalence of functional disability (defined as a Barthel Index scor...

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Main Authors: Yoshida, Daigo, Ninomiya, Toshiharu, Doi, Yasufumi, Hata, Jun, Fukuhara, Masayo, Ikeda, Fumie, Mukai, Naoko, Kiyohara, Yutaka
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Japan Epidemiological Association 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3798623/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22343328
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20110083
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