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High levels of comorbidity and disability cancel out the dementia effect in predictions of long-term mortality after discharge in the very old

ContributorsZekry Berger, Dina Selma; Herrmann, François; Graf, Christophe; Giannelli, Sandra Véronique; Michel, Jean-Pierre; Gold, Gabriel; Krause, Karl-Heinz
Published inDementia and geriatric cognitive disorders, vol. 32, no. 2, p. 103-110
Publication date2011
Abstract

The relative weight of various etiologies of dementia as predictors of long-term mortality after other risk factors have been taken into account remains unclear. We investigated the 5-year mortality risk associated with dementia in elderly people after discharge from acute care, taking into account comorbid conditions and functionality.

Keywords
  • Acute Disease
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cognition Disorders/classification/complications
  • Cohort Studies
  • Comorbidity
  • Dementia/classification/mortality
  • Disability Evaluation
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Geriatric Assessment
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
  • Patient Discharge
  • Proportional Hazards Models
  • Prospective Studies
  • Risk Assessment
  • Survival Analysis
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ZEKRY BERGER, Dina Selma et al. High levels of comorbidity and disability cancel out the dementia effect in predictions of long-term mortality after discharge in the very old. In: Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders, 2011, vol. 32, n° 2, p. 103–110. doi: 10.1159/000326950
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Journal ISSN1420-8008
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