Quality of life in dependent older adults living at home

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 9-20

  Fassino, Secondo ^a   Leombruni, Paolo ^a   Abbate Daga, Giovanni ^a   Brustolin, Annalisa ^a   Rovera, Giovanni Giacomo ^a   Fabris, Fabrizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dependence; Non institutionalized elderly; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0036202282     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(01)00210-2     Document Type: Article

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