Sense of coherence and health among home-dwelling older people

British Journal of Community Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 376-380

  Söderhamn, Olle ^a   Söderhamn, Ulrika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aged; Comprehensibility; Home dwelling; Nursing; Patients

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77957261404     PISSN: 14624753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjcn.2010.15.8.71945     Document Type: Article

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