Functional assessment and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of elderly patients on the basis of the functional assessment of chronic illness therapy (FACIT)-F questionnaire

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 404-408

  Muszalik, Marta ^a   Kedziora Kornatowska, Kornelia ^a   Kornatowski, Tomasz ^a  

^a NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Elderly people in Poland; Functional assessment; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF CHRONIC ILLNESS THERAPY F; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CARE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 69449106928     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2008.12.007     Document Type: Article

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