Determinants of successful aging using a multidimensional definition among chinese elderly in singapore

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 407-416

  Ng, Tze Pin ^a   Broekman, Birit F P ^a   Niti, Matthew ^a   Gwee, Xinyi ^a   Kua, Ee Heok ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Active aging; Asian; Chinese; Healthy aging; Spirituality; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RELIGION; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 66549101987     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31819a808e     Document Type: Article

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