Gender differences in health-related quality of life among the elderly: The role of objective functional capacity and chronic conditions

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2367-2380

  Orfila, Francesc ^a   Ferrer, Montserrat ^a   Lamarca, Rosa ^a   Tebe, Cristian ^b   Domingo Salvany, Antonia ^a   Alonso, Jordi ^a,c  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b Catalan Agency for Health Technology Assessment and Research   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Elderly; Functional capacity; Gender differences; Health related quality of life; Nottingham Health Profile; Spain

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; WOMENS HEALTH;

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELDERLY CARE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOTTINGHAM HEALTH PROFILE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33748556594     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.06.017     Document Type: Article

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