A study of the quality of life in elderly people using psychological testing

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 599-608

  Nagatomo, Itsugi ^a   Kita, Kenji ^a   Takigawa, Morikuni ^a   Nomaguchi, Mitsuo ^b   Sameshima, Kazuko ^c  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bender Gestalt test; Cornell Medical Index; Elderly; Kohs block design test; Mini Mental State Examination; Philadelphia Geriatric Center Moral Scale; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BENDER TEST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0030798899     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199706)12:6<599::AID-GPS505>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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