Subjective well-being, social support, and age-related functioning among the very old in China

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 697-703

  Deng, Juelin ^a   Hu, Junmei ^b   Wu, Weili ^c   Dong, Birong ^a   Wu, Hongmei ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XIHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive function; Morale; Nonogenarians; Quality of life; Social support; Very old

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VERY ELDERLY; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MORALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77953629273     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2410     Document Type: Article

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