Quality of life in old age described as a sense of well-being, meaning and value

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1025-1033

  Sarvimäki, Anneli ^a,b,d   Stenbock Hult, Bettina ^c  

^a Kuntokallio Ctr Gerontological T   (Finland)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c ARCADA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^d Kuntokallio   (Finland)

Author keywords

ADL; Elderly; Gerontological nursing; Health; Meaning in life; Quality of life; Self esteem; Well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0034305623     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2000.01568.x     Document Type: Article

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