Health characteristics of elderly Japanese requiring care at home

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 231-239

  Nishiwaki, Tomoko ^b   Nakamura, Kazutoshi ^a   Ueno, Kimiko ^b   Fujino, Kunio ^b   Yamamoto, Masaharu ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ADL; Depression; Elderly; Long term care insurance; Muscle strength

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; RATING SCALE; THIGH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HOME NURSING; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 17844396520     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.205.231     Document Type: Article

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