Socio-demographic factors related to functional limitations and care dependency among older Egyptians

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1047-1058

  Boggatz, Thomas ^a   Farid, Tamer ^b   Mohammedin, Ahmed ^b   Dijkstra, Ate ^c   Lohrmann, Christa ^d   Dassen, Theo ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Saint Fatima Square Heliopolis   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Activities of Daily Living; Care dependency; Egypt; Functional limitations; Nursing care; Older people; Sociodemographic factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EGYPT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EGYPT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH TRANSITION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77953076785     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05259.x     Document Type: Article

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