Functional status and need of help among people aged 90 or over : a mailed survey with a total home-dwelling population
Engelsk titel: Functional status and need of help among people aged 90 or over : a mailed survey with a total home-dwelling population
Författare:
Jylhä, Marja
;
Hervonen, Antti
Språk: Eng
Antal referenser: 16
Dokumenttyp:
Artikel
UI-nummer: 65511
Sammanfattning
The aims of this study were to test the feasibility of a mailed survey in a population aged 90 years and over and to establish whether self-reported indicators of functioning and need of help predict mortality and institutionalization. A self-administered survey was mailed to the total home-dwelling people aged 90 or over in the city of Tampere. Mortality was higher among the institutionalized people than among those living at home. Being bed-ridden, not doing one's own shopping, not reading newspapers and regular need of help were significant predictors of mortality. Regular need of help also predicted institutionalization. In good conditions a mailed survey can be a feasible method of collecting data even among the oldest old.