Life quality and daily life activities of elderly people in rural areas, Eskişehir (Turkey)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-131

  Arslantas, Didem ^a   Ünsal, Aleattin ^a   Metintas, Selma ^a   Koc, Filiz ^a   Arslantas, Ali ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Daily and instrumental activities; Quality of life during aging; WHOQOL BREF questionnaire

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; TURKEY;

EID: 58349104871     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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