Poor self-rated health predicts the incidence of functional disability in elderly community dwellers in Japan: a prospective cohort study

Poor self-rated health predicts the incidence of functional disability in elderly community dwellers in Japan: a prospective cohort study

Abstract Background Although previous large population studies showed elderly with poor self-rated health (SRH) to be at a high risk of functional disability in Western countries, there have been few studies in which the association between SRH and functional disability was investigated in Japanese...

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Main Authors: Shuko Takahashi, Kozo Tanno, Yuki Yonekura, Masaki Ohsawa, Toru Kuribayashi, Yasuhiro Ishibashi, Shinichi Omama, Fumitaka Tanaka, Ryohei Sasaki, Megumi Tsubota-Utsugi, Eri Takusari, Makoto Koshiyama, Toshiyuki Onoda, Kiyomi Sakata, Kazuyoshi Itai, Akira Okayama, on behalf of the Iwate KENCO study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-09-01
Series:BMC Geriatrics
Subjects:
Aged
Japan
Long-term care insurance
Subjective health
Functional disability
Self-rated health
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12877-020-01743-0

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