Social relationships influencing positive perceived health among Thai older persons: A secondary data analysis using the National Elderly Survey

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 144-149

  Thanakwang, Kattika ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Pua Crown Prince Hospital   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Health; Older persons; Social networks; Social support; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GERIATRICS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THAILAND; AGE; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THAILAND;

EID: 66649108822     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2009.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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