Healthy ageing and the prediction of mortality and incidence dependence in low- and middle- income countries: a 10/66 population-based cohort study

Healthy ageing and the prediction of mortality and incidence dependence in low- and middle- income countries: a 10/66 population-based cohort study

Abstract Background In the absence of a consensus on definition and measurement of healthy ageing, we created a healthy ageing index tallying with the functional ability framework provided by the World Health Organization. To create this index, we employed items of functional ability and intrinsic c...

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Main Authors: Christina Daskalopoulou, Martin Prince, Artemis Koukounari, Josep Maria Haro, Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos, A. Matthew Prina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Healthy ageing
Mortality
Incident dependence
10/66
Functional ability
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0850-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-019-0850-5

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