Physical frailty and cognitive impairment in older nursing home residents: a latent class analysis
Abstract Background Little is known about the heterogeneous clinical profile of physical frailty and its association with cognitive impairment in older U.S. nursing home (NH) residents. Methods Minimum Data Set 3.0 at admission was used to identify older adults newly-admitted to nursing homes with l...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-09-01
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Series: | BMC Geriatrics |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02433-1 |