Quality of life and symptoms among older people living at home

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 584-593

  Hellström, Ylva ^a,b   Persson, Gunnel ^c   Hallberg, Ingalill R ^b  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KRISTIANSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Help; Living at home; Nursing; Older people; Quality of life; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MOOD; NURSING; POSTAL MAIL; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 10044287150     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03247.x     Document Type: Article

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