Journal article
Health status transitions in community-living elderly with complex care needs: a latent class approach
Abstract
BackgroundFor older persons with complex care needs, accounting for the variability and interdependency in how health dimensions manifest themselves is necessary to understand the dynamic of health status. Our objective is to test the hypothesis that a latent classification can capture this heterogeneity in a population of frail elderly persons living in the community. Based on a person-centered approach, the classification corresponds to …
Authors
Lafortune L; Béland F; Bergman H; Ankri J
Journal
BMC Geriatrics, Vol. 9, No. 1,
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
12 2009
DOI
10.1186/1471-2318-9-6
ISSN
1471-2318