Functional Status and Self‐Rated Health in 2,262 Nonagenarians: The Danish 1905 Cohort Survey

Nybo, Hanne; Gaist, David; Jeune, Bernard; McGue, Matt; W. Vaupel, James; Christensen, Kaare

doi:10.1046/j.1532-5415.2001.49121.x

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Functional Status and Self‐Rated Health in 2,262 Nonagenarians: The Danish 1905 Cohort Survey

Published in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society • May 1, 2001

Authors:

Hanne Nybo

David Gaist

Bernard Jeune

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To describe the functional capacity and self-rated health of a large cohort of nonagenarians. DESIGN: A cross-sectional survey of all Danes born in 1905 (92-93 years of age), carried out August to October 1998. SETTING: Participants' homes. PARTICIPANTS: Two thousand two hundred and sixt...

Subject

Activities of daily living

Medicine

Bathing

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