Survival Prognosis in Very Old Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine whether simple functional indicators are predictors of survival prognosis in very old adults.

Design

In-person survey conducted over a 3-month period in 1998; assessment of survival over a 15-year follow-up period.

Setting

Denmark.

Participants

All 3,600 Danes born in 1905 and living in Denmark in 1998, were invited to participate regardless of residence and health; 2,262 (63%) participated in the survey: 1,814 (80.2%) in person and 448 (19.8%) through a proxy.

Measurements

Socioeconomic factors, medications and diseases, activities of daily living, physical performance, cognition, depression symptomatology, self-rated health, and all-cause mortality, evaluated as average remaining lifespan and chance of surviving to 100 years.

SUBMITTER: Thinggaard M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4749674 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature