A close association between hearing impairment and activities of daily living, depression, and quality of life in community-dwelling older people in Japan [8]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 316-317

  Ishine, Masayuki ^a   Okumiya, Kiyohito ^b   Matsubayashi, Kozo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; JAPAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33846635016     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01067.x     Document Type: Letter

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