Prognostic factors of disability in older people: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To systematically review the evidence on the influence of sociodemographic, lifestyle, and (bio)medical variables on the course of prevalent disability and transition rates to different outcome categories in community-dwelling older people.

Method

Articles were identified through searches of PubMed, EMBASE, and PsycINFO databases and reference lists of relevant articles. Prospective population studies that assessed disability at baseline and reported on associations between potential prognostic variables and disability were included. Methodological quality of studies was assessed by standardised criteria, after which relevant data were extracted. A synthesis of the available evidence was carried out.

Results

Nine cohort studies reported transition rates and eight

SUBMITTER: Tas U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2043327 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature