Nationwide Survey of the Health Status and Quality of Life of Elderly Thais Attending Clubs for the Elderly

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 938-946

  Assantachai, Prasert ^a   Maranetra, Nanta ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Club for the Elderly; Health Status; Quality of Life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FALLING; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MASS SCREENING; MILK; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIOECONOMICS; THAILAND;

AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 0345601856     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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