Functional status of very old people in urban area: The Itabashi oldest-old study I

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 199-208

  Gondo, Yasuyuki ^a   Furuna, Taketo ^a   Kobayashi, Erika ^a   Inagaki, Hiroki ^a   Sugiura, Miho ^a   Masui, Yukie ^a   Iwasa, Hajime ^a,b   Abe, Tsutomu ^a   Imuta, Hiromi ^c   Homma, Akira ^a   Suzuki, Takao ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b Japan Foundation of Aging and Health   (Japan)

^c TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community dwelling elderly; Functional status; Oldest old; Psychological adaptation; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OCCUPATION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN AREA; VISION; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; SELF CARE; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 20044366765     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.42.199     Document Type: Article

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