"As long as I'm in good health". The relationship between medical diagnoses and life satisfaction in the oldest-old

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 307-313

  Berg, Anne Ingeborg ^a   Hassing, Linda B ^a   Nilsson, Sven E ^b   Johansson, Boo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Gender; Health; Life satisfaction; Medical diagnoses; Oldest old

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BREAST CANCER; CATARACT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOCOBALAMIN DEFICIENCY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DIZZINESS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PEPTIC ULCER; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; STUDENT T TEST; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; URINE INCONTINENCE; WELLBEING;

ANGINA;

EID: 73849144592     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324920     Document Type: Article

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