Effects of sensory aids on the quality of life and mortality of elderly people: A multivariate analysis

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 89-96

  Appollonio, Ildebrando ^a   Carabellese, Corrado ^b   Frattola, Lodovico ^a   Trabucchi, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL AID; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BLINDNESS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSORY AIDS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029987873     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.2.89     Document Type: Article

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