Do urinary tract infections affect morale among very old women?

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 8, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Eriksson, Irene ^a,b   Gustafson, Yngve ^a   Fagerström, Lisbeth ^c   Olofsson, Birgitta ^a,d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORALITY; PHILADELPHIA GERIATRIC CENTER MORALE SCALE; RATING SCALE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; WELLBEING; AGE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MORALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77954800674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-8-73     Document Type: Article

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