Mobility as a predictor of all-cause mortality in older men and women: 11.8 year follow-up in the Tromso study
Background Disability in older adults is associated with loss of independence, institutionalization, and death. The aim of this study was to study the association between the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and all-cause mortality in a population-based sample of older men and women. Methods Our study pop...
Published in: | BMC Health Services Research |
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Main Authors: | , , , |
Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2017
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10852/55169 http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-57976 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-016-1950-0 |