Associations of activities of daily living disability and instrumental activities of daily living disability with all-cause mortality: evidence from five major longitudinal studies.
Difficulty with daily activities predicts mortality risk in older adults and should guide clinical care planning.
This pooled analysis of five major longitudinal studies quantifies the mortality risk associated with both ADL and IADL disability in older adults, providing strong multi-cohort evidence for functional disability as a mortality predictor. The findings support functional assessment integration into clinical risk stratification for aging populations.
What the study was
- Study design
- Pooled longitudinal analysis (5 major cohort studies)
- Population
- Older adults across 5 major longitudinal cohort studies
- Category
- Public Health
- Maturity
- Validated
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
Why it surfaced
Five-cohort evidence for ADL/IADL disability as a mortality predictor in older adults — strengthens evidence for functional assessment in aging care pathways. STANDARD priority; updates rather than overturns existing knowledge.
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