Relationship of health status and social support to the life satisfaction of older adults

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 141-149

  Wang, Chih Wen ^a   Iwaya, Tsutomu ^a,b   Kumano, Hiroaki ^a,c   Suzukamo, Yoshimi ^a,d   Tobimatsu, Yoshiko ^a   Fukudo, Shin ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL REHABILITATION CENTER FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Life satisfaction; Older adults; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT T TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 12244264797     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.198.141     Document Type: Article

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