The influence of spouse lower cognitive function on partner health and well-being among community-dwelling older couples: Moderating roles of gender and marital problems

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 530-536

  Strawbridge, William Joseph ^a   Wallhagen, Margaret I ^a   Thai, Julie Ngoc ^b   Shema, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Longitudinal study; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING; AFFECT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS;

AFFECT; AGED; CALIFORNIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARRIAGE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES;

EID: 70350077723     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802607330     Document Type: Article

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