Home care needs of extremely obese elderly European women

Menopause International

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 84-87

  Sorbye L W ^a   Schroll, M ^b   Finne Soveri, H ^c   Jonnson P V ^d   Ljunggren, G ^e   Topinkova, E ^f   Bernabei, R ^g  

^a Diakonhjemmet University College   (Norway)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f Forum Centrum fõr Vårdutveckling   (Sweden)

^g CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

AGEING; EXTREME OBESITY; FEMALE HEALTH; HOME CARE; RESIDENT ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENT

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; MORBID OBESITY; RISK; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; ODDS RATIO; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 36048969203     PISSN: 17540453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/175404507780796406     Document Type: Article

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