Does sense of coherence affect the relationship between self-rated health and health status in a sample of community-dwelling frail elderly people?

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 658-667

  Saevareid, H I ^a,b   Thygesen, E ^a,b   Nygaard, H A ^b,c   Lindstrom, T C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Hospital for Old Age Psychiatry   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 37049013921     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860701368513     Document Type: Article

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