Proxy assessment of health-related quality of life in the frail elderly [1]

Age and Ageing

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 459-

  Sitoh, Yih Yiow ^a   Lau, Tang Ching ^a   Zochling, Jane ^a   Cumming, Robert G ^a   Lord, Stephen R ^b   Schwarz, Jennifer ^a   March, Lyn M ^a   Sambrook, Philip N ^a   Douglas, Ian D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FRACTURE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL HEALTH; MOBILIZATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH; HUMANS; PROXY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 0043175379     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/32.4.459     Document Type: Letter

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