Is living alone associated with mortality among older primary care patients with or without diabetes?
The results of this study show that living alone had a significant impact on the mortality of older patients, regardless of whether they had diabetes or not. Diabetes was not clearly associated with the increased mortality among these older home-dwelling patients.
Authors
- Pekka Mäntyselkä (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5236-1815)
- Maija Haanpää (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3085-2728)
- Hannu Kautiainen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0786-0858)
- Miia Tiihonen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5069-5045)
- Anna-Kaisa Aro (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9813-2981)
- Juha Saltevo
- Merja Karjalainen
Institutions
- University of Eastern Finland (FI)
- Helsinki University Hospital (FI)
- North Karelia Central Hospital (FI)
- Kuopio University Hospital (FI)
- Central Finland Health Care District (FI)
- Folkhälsans Forskningscentrum (FI)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Primary Care
- Published
- 2024-11-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-024-02651-7
- Primary Topic
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00