Social engagement within the facility increased life expectancy in nursing home residents: a follow-...
Social engagement within the facility increased life expectancy in nursing home residents: a follow-up study
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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Social engagement (SE) has been consistently shown to improve survival among community-dwelling older people, but the evidence in nursing home residents is inconclusive and prone to short-term reverse causation and confounding by major health determinants. Our main objective was to study the potential causal effect of within-the-facility social eng...
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Social engagement within the facility increased life expectancy in nursing home residents: a follow-up study
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TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_bcd29a44f9c14e4a88d47089db2e8da4
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_bcd29a44f9c14e4a88d47089db2e8da4
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1471-2318
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1471-2318
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10.1186/s12877-020-01876-2
