Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults at Risk for Disability

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 214-218

  Groessl, Erik J ^a,b   Kaplan, Robert M ^c   Rejeski, W Jack ^d   Katula, Jeffrey A ^d   King, Abby C ^e   Frierson, Georita ^f   Glynn, Nancy W ^g   Hsu, Fang Chi ^d   Walkup, Michael ^d   Pahor, Marco ^h  

^a VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f The Cooper Institute ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL MOBILITY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; WALKING DIFFICULTY; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DISABILITY EVALUATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOBILITY LIMITATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WALKING;

EID: 34548457307     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2007.04.031     Document Type: Article

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