title: 85-year-olds in Denmark. The socio-psychological conditions and general health and disorders in a representative group of 85-year-old Danes.
abstract: A population of persons born in 1897 and resident in Glostrup and eight surrounding municipalities was investigated when these persons were 70, 80 and 85 years old. Some of the results are mentioned from the cross-sectional, epidemiological survey on the socio-psychological conditions and general health and disorders in this representative population which includes almost 2% of the Danish 85-year-olds. The examination programme was extensive, and of data rather comprehensive. The aim of this article is to make known some of the information, observations and results of several tests performed, including 56 different laboratory tests and nutritional analyses. It is worth mentioning that about three fourths of the 85-year-olds were self-reliant and contended with their actual life and lifestyle. Nevertheless suggestions or recommendations for interventions were given to 85% of the participants as well as the general practitioners. The data have already formed the basis of several frames of references.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine C, Glostrup Hospital Faculty of Medicine.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ingerslev
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003718:Denmark; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D009017:Morbidity; D009909:Oral Health; D011593:Psychology, Social; D011788:Quality of Life; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013997:Time Factors