Gender differences in health-related quality of life among healthy aged and old-aged austrians: Cross-sectional analysis

Gender Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 270-278

  Kirchengast, Sylvia ^a   Haslinger, Beatrix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

gender differences; health related quality of life; old age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BIOMEDICINE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOBILIZATION; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 49749141102     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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