Validating care-needs level against self-reported measures of functioning, disability and sarcopenia among Japanese patients receiving home medical care: The Zaitaku Evaluative Initiatives and Outcome Study.

Yukio TsugihashiMisaki HiroseHidekazu IidaShinu HayashiMasakazu YasunakaYutaka ShirahigeNoriaki Kuritanull null

Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2021)

The LTCI-CNLs was associated with self-reported functioning, disability and physical performance among home medical care patients. Future studies can use the LTCI-CNLs as an outcome variable for specific care approaches or as a proxy covariate for casemix status. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2021; 21: 229-237.

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