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ArticleBMC health services research2017

Mobility as a predictor of all-cause mortality in older men and women: 11.8 year follow-up in the Tromsø study.

Astrid Bergland, Lone Jørgensen, Nina Emaus, Bjørn Heine Strand

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Article in BMC health services research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04482634 (Is Tele-rehabilitation Superior to Home Exercise Program in the Pulmonary Rehabilitation of the Patients With COVID-19 With Post-intensive Care Syndrome? A Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 57 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT04482634 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Is Tele-rehabilitation Superior to Home Exercise Program in the Pulmonary Rehabilitation of the Patients With COVID-19 With Post-intensive Care Syndrome? A Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorKoç UniversityRan2020 to 2022Enrolled122ConditionsPulmonary Rehabilitation, COVID-19ArmsRemote controlled exercise, Home exercise
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Astrid BerglandDepartment of Physiotherapy, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pilestredet, P.O. Box 4 St. Olavs plass, 0130, Oslo, Norway. Astrid.Bergland@hioa.no.ORCID 0000-0003-4349-8200
Lone JørgensenDepartment of Health and Care Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037, Tromsø, Norway.
Nina EmausDepartment of Health and Care Sciences, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, 9037, Tromsø, Norway.
Bjørn Heine StrandDepartment on ageing, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, Norway.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDisability in older adults is associated with loss of independence, institutionalization, and death. The aim of this study was to study the association between the Timed Up and Go (TUG) test and all-cause mortality in a population-based sample of older men and women.

methodsOur study population was home dwellers aged 65 and above, who participated in the fifth wave of the Tromsø study. This study included the TUG test and a range of lifestyle and mortality predictors. Participants were linked to the Cause of Death Registry and followed up for mortality for a maximum of 11.8 years. Cox regression was used to investigate the association between TUG and total mortality.

resultsMean TUG score was 12.6 s, and men performed better than women. The oldest participants had poorer TUG score compared to younger participants, increasing 0.25 s per year. There was a significant association between TUG and all-cause mortality, and the association was equally strong in men and women. Across the TUG-score categories, from quickest fifth to slowest fifth, the mortality increased in a step-wise fashion. Compared to the quickest fifth, the slowest fifth had hazard ratio (HR) of 1.79 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.33, 2.42) in a model adjusted for age and gender. For each standard deviation TUG-score the increase in HR was 1.23 (95% CI 1.14, 1.33). The association between the TUG score and mortality remained significant after adjusting for self-reported health, body mass index, smoking and education.

conclusionsA significant association between the TUG score and mortality was observed in both men and women. Identifying older people with poor TUG may aid in identifying those at risk and thus targeted interventions may be applied.

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Disability EvaluationGeriatric AssessmentMortalityAgedAged, 80 and overDiagnostic Self EvaluationFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansIndependent LivingMaleProportional Hazards ModelsRegistriesSex FactorsSwedenMobilityMortalityPredictorsSelf-rated health

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