The impact of somatic and cognitive disorders on the functional status of the elderly

• Published in: Journal of clinical epidemiology Vol. 55; no. 10; pp. 1007 - 1012
• Main Authors: Agüero-Torres, Hedda, Thomas, Vince S, Winblad, Bengt, Fratiglioni, Laura
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY Elsevier Inc 01.10.2002; Elsevier
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Chronic Disease; Cognition Disorders - complications; Cognition Disorders - physiopathology; Cognitive function; Dementia - complications; Dementia - physiopathology; Elderly; Female; Functional status; Humans; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical sciences; Prevalence; Prevention and actions; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Somatic disorders; Specific populations (family, woman, child, elderly...); Functional status; Somatic disorders; Cognitive function; Elderly; Human; Nervous system diseases; Cognitive disorder; Physical performance; Functional deficit; Epidemiology; Cerebral disorder; Disability; Central nervous system disease; Functional dependence; Degenerative disease; Public health; Dementia

To estimate the relative effects of coexisting nondementia illnesses on the probability of functional disability, depending on the presence of cognitive impairment or dementia, we used data from the baseline case–control assessment of a longitudinal study of aging and dementia. Our study included 66...