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Prevalence of functional disability in activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and associated factors, as predictors of morbidity and mortality.

J. Millán-Calenti, Javier Tubío, S. Pita-Fernández, I. González-Abraldes, Trinidad Lorenzo, Teresa Fernández-Arruty, A. Maseda

2010.5.1ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS

DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.04.017

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There is a significant association between age, gender and dependence, as well as between dependence and morbidity and mortality, so that dependence could be used as a predictor of both.

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MILLÁN-CALENTI, J., et al. Prevalence of functional disability in activities of daily living (ADL), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and associated factors, as predictors of morbidity and mortality. ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS, 2010, 50 3: 306–10.