Housing-related control beliefs and independence in activities of daily living in very old age

Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-43

  Oswald, Frank ^a   Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Schilling, Oliver ^a   Iwarsson, Susanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Accessibility; ENABLE AGE Project; Home modification; Housing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INDEPENDENCE; LATVIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 33947169275     PISSN: 11038128     EISSN: 16512014     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11038120601151615     Document Type: Article

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