Loneliness, fear, and quality of life among elderly in Sweden: A gender perspective

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 494-501

  Jakobsson, Ulf ^a   Hallberg, Ingalill Rahm ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aged; Fear; Loneliness; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FEAR; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 33744979336     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03327417     Document Type: Article

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