What drives older women's perceptions of health-related quality of life?

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 593-605

  Tannenbaum, Cara ^a,d   Ahmed, Sara ^b   Mayo, Nancy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health; Health related quality of life; ICF; Older women; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33947512366     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-006-9148-2     Document Type: Article

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