The importance of facets of quality of life to older adults: An international investigation

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-298

  Molzahn, Anita ^a   Skevington, Suzanne M ^b   Kalfoss, Mary ^c   Makaroff, Kara Schick ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^c VID SPECIALIZED UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cross cultural comparisons; Quality of life; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77952543310     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9579-7     Document Type: Article

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