Disability Trajectories at the End of Life: A “Countdown” Model | Zendy

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Disability Trajectories at the End of Life: A “Countdown” Model

Author(s) -

Douglas A. Wolf,

Vicki A. Freedman,

Jan Ondrich,

Christopher L. Seplaki,

Brenda C. Spillman

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

the journals of gerontology series b

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578

H-Index - 150

eISSN - 1758-5368

pISSN - 1079-5014

DOI - 10.1093/geronb/gbu182

Subject(s) - countdown , psychology , missing data , gerontology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , cognitive psychology , computer science , medicine , engineering , aerospace engineering , machine learning

Studies of late-life disablement typically address the role of advancing age as a factor in developing disability, and in some cases have pointed out the importance of time to death (TTD) in understanding changes in functioning. However, few studies have addressed both factors simultaneously, and none have dealt satisfactorily with the problem of missing data on TTD in panel studies.

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