The prevalence and psychosocial characteristics of the frail elderly in Japna: A community-based study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 443-453

  Imuta, H ^a   Yasumura, S ^a   Abe, H ^a   Fukao, A ^a  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community elderly; Frail elderly; Independence; Psychosocial factors; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; POSTAL MAIL; PREVALENCE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0035690010     PISSN: 03949532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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