Older people and falls: Health status, quality of life, lifestyle, care networks, prevention and views on service use following a recent fall

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2261-2272

  Roe, Brenda ^a   Howell, Fiona ^b   Riniotis, Konstantinos ^c   Beech, Roger ^b   Crome, Peter ^b   Ong, Bie Nio ^b  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INVERCLYDE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Care networks; Falls; Health status; Nursing; Older people; Prevention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 68149103143     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02747.x     Document Type: Article

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