Predictors of the Use of Assistive Devices That Address Physical Impairments among Community-Based Frail Elders

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 141-155

  Tomita, Machiko R ^a,c   Mann, William C ^b,c   Fraas, Linda F ^a   Stanton, Kathleen M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Rehabilitation Science ^*

Author keywords

Assistive devices; Depression; Frail elderly; Physical impairments; Population at risk; Predictors of devices

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE DEVICE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DEVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 2442619286     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464804265606     Document Type: Article

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