Health-related quality of life among the least dependent institutional elderly compared with the non-institutional elderly population

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 355-366

  Noro, A ^a   Aro, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Elderly; Functional ability; Health related quality of life; Perceived health; Residential care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK ROLE;

EID: 0029900026     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00433920     Document Type: Article

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