Digestive Symptoms in Older Adults: Prevalence and Associations with Institutionalization and Mortality
BACKGROUND: Digestive symptoms are common in adults. However, little is known about their prevalence in older adults and the association of digestive symptoms with institutionalization and mortality in community-dwelling older adults.
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| description | BACKGROUND: Digestive symptoms are common in adults. However, little is known about their prevalence in older adults and the association of digestive symptoms with institutionalization and mortality in community-dwelling older adults. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ebfba34c1c5e457dbaa19601d69d818b2025-02-03T01:02:47ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002012-01-01261288188410.1155/2012/324602Digestive Symptoms in Older Adults: Prevalence and Associations with Institutionalization and MortalityTurki AlAmeel0Mohammed Basheikh1Melissa K Andrew2Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaDepartment of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaDivision of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaBACKGROUND: Digestive symptoms are common in adults. However, little is known about their prevalence in older adults and the association of digestive symptoms with institutionalization and mortality in community-dwelling older adults.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/324602 |
| spellingShingle | Turki AlAmeel Mohammed Basheikh Melissa K Andrew Digestive Symptoms in Older Adults: Prevalence and Associations with Institutionalization and Mortality Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology |
| title | Digestive Symptoms in Older Adults: Prevalence and Associations with Institutionalization and Mortality |
| title_full | Digestive Symptoms in Older Adults: Prevalence and Associations with Institutionalization and Mortality |
| title_fullStr | Digestive Symptoms in Older Adults: Prevalence and Associations with Institutionalization and Mortality |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digestive Symptoms in Older Adults: Prevalence and Associations with Institutionalization and Mortality |
| title_short | Digestive Symptoms in Older Adults: Prevalence and Associations with Institutionalization and Mortality |
| title_sort | digestive symptoms in older adults prevalence and associations with institutionalization and mortality |
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