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Functional disability trajectories at the end of life among Japanese older adults: findings from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES).

Background this study aimed to identify distinct subgroups of trajectories of disability over time before 3 years of death and examine the factors associated with trajectory group membership probabilities among community-dwelling Japanese older adults aged 65 years and above. Methods participants in...

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Published in:Age & Ageing Vol. 51; no. 11; pp. 1 - 11
Main Authors: Saito, Junko, Murayama, Hiroshi, Ueno, Takayuki, Saito, Masashige, Haseda, Maho, Saito, Tami, Kondo, Katsunori, Kondo, Naoki
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Nov2022
Subjects:
Japan
Terminal care
Health status indicators
Disabilities
Health attitudes
Elder care
Educational attainment
Disability determination
Geriatric assessment
Independent living
Descriptive statistics
Logistic regression analysis
Long-term health care
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