Health-related quality of life of elderly living in the rural community and homes for the elderly in a district of India: Application of the short form 36 (SF-36) health survey questionnaire;Gesundheitsbezogene Lebensqualität älterer in der bäuerlichen Gemeinschaft und im Altenwohnheim lebender Personen in einem Bezirk Indiens: Anwendung der Kurzform des SF-36-Fragebogens zum Gesundheitszustand

Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 259-263

  Varma, G R ^a   Kusuma, Y S ^b   Babu, B V ^c  

^a ANDHRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Elderly; Homes for the elderly; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956785653     PISSN: 09486704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00391-009-0077-x     Document Type: Article

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