Scientists develop online end-of-life calculator to predict how long senior citizens have left to live by asking questions about underlying conditions and whether or not they can perform daily activities
A team at the University of Ottawa, in Ontario, Canada, has developed the Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-Life in the Community Tool Known as RESPECT, researchers say it can accurately predict death among older adults who use or need home care within six months The tool asks questions about age, sex, underlying health conditions and the ability to go about performing daily activities Researchers say they want the calculator to be used by physicians and home care staff to help them understand the care their patients may need By Mary Kekatos Acting U.S. Health Editor For Dailymail.Com
Published: 23:28 BST, 7 July 2021 | Updated: 23:28 BST, 7 July 2021
Scientists have developed a new, online calculator that can predict how long senior citizens will live.
A team from the University of Ottawa, in Ontario, Canada, says its Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-Life in the Community Tool (RESPECT) can accurately project death within six months.
Researchers based the tool on data from more than 491,000 elderly people who received home care between 2007 and 2013.
The team says its tool is undergoing a pilot study in community settings in Ontario and hopes that physicians and home care staff use the calculator to help them understand the care their patients may need.
A team at the University of Ottawa, in Ontario, Canada, has developed the Risk Evaluation for Support: Predictions for Elder-Life in the Community Tool to predict how long senior citizens have left to live (file image)
Researchers say it can accurately predict death within six months by asking questions about age, sex, underlying health conditions and the ability to go about performing daily activities. Pictured: The tool predicting a patient will die within
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