Assessment of Individual Activities of Daily Living and its Association with Self-Rated Health in Elderly People of Taiwan

Background: Functional status is an important component of health status of the elderly. However, few studies have discussed the correlation between health status and each item of the activities of daily living scales (ADLs). The aim of this study was to investigate both the prevalence of functional...

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Main Authors: Yu-Ning Hu, Gwo-Chi Hu, Chia-Yu Hsu, Shiau-Fu Hsieh, Chin-Ching Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2012-06-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959812000427