Correspondence of perceptions about centenarians' mental health

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 827-837

  MacDonald, Maurice ^a   Martin, Peter ^a   Margrett, Jennifer ^a   Poon, Leonard W ^b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Extreme old age; Mental health assessment; Quality of life well being

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CENTENARIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CUSTODY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; GEOLOGICAL TIME; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERCEPTION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; GEORGIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70449350589     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860902918249     Document Type: Article

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