Poor physical function, pain and limited exercise: risk factors for premature mortality in the range of smoking or hypertension, identified on a simple patient self-report questionnaire for usual care

Objective To analyse poor physical function, pain, limited exercise and smoking, assessed in a patient-friendly self-report questionnaire format that has been completed by every patient at every visit over 20–30 years in the authors’ and other usual care settings, to predict 5-year mortality in a ge...

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Main Authors: Tuulikki Sokka, Theodore Pincus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2011-09-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/1/1/e000070.full