Reduced Health-Related quality of life in elders with frailty: A cross-sectional study of community-dwelling elders in Taiwan

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Lin, Cheng Chieh ^a,b,c   Li, Chia Ing ^a   Chang, Chiu Kai ^a   Liu, Chiu Shong ^a,b   Lin, Chih Hsueh ^a,b   Meng, Nai Hsin ^a   Lee, Yih Dar ^d,e   Chen, Fei Na ^a   Li, Tsai Chung ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; TAIWAN; WELLBEING; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HOME FOR THE AGED; STATISTICS;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79959810859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021841     Document Type: Article

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