Digestive Symptoms in Older Adults: Prevalence and Associations with Institutionalization and Mortality

Turki AlAmeel; Mohammed Basheikh; Melissa K Andrew

doi:10.1155/2012/324602

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2012)

Digestive Symptoms in Older Adults: Prevalence and Associations with Institutionalization and Mortality

Turki AlAmeel,
Mohammed Basheikh,
Melissa K Andrew

Affiliations

Turki AlAmeel: Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Mohammed Basheikh: Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Melissa K Andrew: Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/324602
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 26, no. 12
pp. 881 – 884

Abstract

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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.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/cjgh/

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