Quality of life of older adults in Canada and Brazil

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-26

  Paskulin, Lisiane M Girardi ^a   Molzahn, Anita ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross cultural studies; Gerontology; Healthy aging; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846095480     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945906292550     Document Type: Article

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