Which parameters affect long-term mortality in older adults: is comprehensive geriatric assessment a predictor of mortality?

Kara O., Canbaz B., Kizilarslanoglu M. C., Arik G., Sumer F., Aycicek G. S., ...More

AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH, vol.29, no.3, pp.509-515, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s40520-016-0574-x
  • Journal Name: AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.509-515
  • Keywords: Comprehensive geriatric assessment, Malnutrition, Metabolic syndrome, Mortality, Smoking, ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY, MINI-MENTAL-STATE, METABOLIC SYNDROME, CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY, INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES, HOSPITALIZED-PATIENTS, ALZHEIMERS-DISEASE, THYROID-FUNCTION, WEIGHT-LOSS, SHORT-FORM
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background Determining predictors of mortality among older adults might help identify high-risk patients and enable timely intervention.