Evaluation of life satisfaction index of the elderly people living in nursing homes

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-29

  Subaşi, Feryal ^a,c   Hayran, Osman ^b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Leisure activities in older ages; Life satisfaction index A; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 19444377574     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2004.10.005     Document Type: Article

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