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A comprehensive prognostic tool for older adults: Predicting death, ADL disability, and walking disability simultaneously

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Many clinical and financial decisions for older adults depend on the future risk of disability and mortality. Prognostic tools for long‐term disability risk in a general population are lacking. We… Click to show full abstract

Many clinical and financial decisions for older adults depend on the future risk of disability and mortality. Prognostic tools for long‐term disability risk in a general population are lacking. We aimed to create a comprehensive prognostic tool that predicts the risk of mortality, of activities of daily living (ADL) disability, and walking disability simultaneously using the same set of variables.

Keywords: comprehensive prognostic; prognostic tool; older adults; disability; disability walking; adl disability

Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2022

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