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...

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Published in:BMC Health Services Research
Main Authors: Bergland, Astrid, Jørgensen, Lone, Emaus, Nina, Strand, Bjørn Heine
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 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