Nutritional status and self-reported and performance-based evaluation of physical function of elderly persons in rural Bangladesh

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 518-524

  Ferdous, Tamanna ^a   Cederholm, Tommy ^a   Razzaque, Abdur ^b   Wahlin, Åke ^c   Nahar Kabir, Zarina ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d RESEARCH AND EVALUATION DIVISION   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Bangladesh; elderly; nutritional status; performance tests; physical function

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND GRIP; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTOR SKILLS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; POSTURAL BALANCE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 67651095592     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494809102778     Document Type: Article

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