The influence of differing social ties on decline in physical functioning among older people with and without chronic diseases: The longitudinal aging study Amsterdam

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 164-173

  Bisschop, M Isabella ^a   Kriegsman, Didi M W ^a,b   van Tilburg, Theo G ^b   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^c   van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^d   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Functional decline; LASA; Older people; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0038721377     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324496     Document Type: Article

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