Interests that occupy 86-year-old persons living at home: Associations with functional ability, self-rated health and sociodemographic characteristics

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 196-204

  Haggblom Kronlöf, Greta ^a,b   Sonn, Ulla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Functional ability; Health; Interests; Leisure; Very old

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOME; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33747105832     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2005.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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