Predictors of quality of life in old age: A cross-validation study

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-150

  Low, Gail ^a   Molzahn, Anita E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Model building; Nursing care and assessment; Quality of life; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 34247221496     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20178     Document Type: Article

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