Comparing the importance of different aspects of quality of life to older adults across diverse cultures

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 192-199

  Molzahn, Anita E ^a   Kalfoss, Mary ^b   Makaroff, Kara Schick ^c   Skevington, Suzanne M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b VID SPECIALIZED UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cross cultural; Quality of life; WHOQOL 100; WHOQOL OLD; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; CANADA; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CZECH REPUBLIC; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUNGARY; ISRAEL; JAPAN; LITHUANIA; MALE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URUGUAY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH AMERICA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 79951805305     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq156     Document Type: Article

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