Gender-related ADL performance of old people recently admitted to a Swiss nursing home: A cross-sectional study

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 141, Issue APRIL, 2011, Pages

  Bürgea, Elisabeth ^a   Berchtoldb, André ^b   Von Guntenc, Armin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ADL; Balance; Continence; Elderly; Gender; Nursing home admission

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; LOCOMOTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PERSONAL HYGIENE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SWITZERLAND; UNSTEADINESS; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 79955796109     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2011.13183     Document Type: Article

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