Factors associated with self-rated health in older people living in institutions

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Damián, Javier ^a   Pastor Barriuso, Roberto ^a   Valderrama Gama, Emiliana ^b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b IMSALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RANDOMIZATION; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPAIN; VISUAL DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; SPAIN;

EID: 42049085247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-8-5     Document Type: Article

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