Assessing competence: The European Survey on Aging Protocol (ESAP)

Gerontology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 330-347

  Fernández Ballesteros, Rocío ^a   Zamarrón, María Dolores ^a   Rudinger, Georg ^b   Schroots, Johannes J F ^c   Hekkinnen, Eino ^d   Drusini, Andrea ^e   Paul, Constanza ^f   Charzewska, Jadwiga ^g   Rosenmayr, Leopold ^h  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^g Polish Nutrition Institute   (Poland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biophysical measures; Competence; Psychosocial determinants; Sociodemographics; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITION; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EUROPE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; EUROPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4444228339     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000079132     Document Type: Review

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