The risk factors discovered could help identify older adults with CVD who would benefit from functional screening and intervention to deter further decline.
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‘Future work should investigate additional factors that are associated with rapid functional decline in late life as well as interventions that can lead to functional improvement in this high-risk group.’
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"The risk factors identified in this study may be used by clinicians to identify older adults with CVD who would benefit from functional screening and intervention to deter further decline," said lead author Dr. Tamra Keeney, of the MGH Institute of Health Professions.
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Source-Eurekalert