Measurement properties of the Community Wellbeing Index in older adults

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 733-743

  Forjaz, Maria João ^a   Prieto Flores, Maria Eugenia ^a   Ayala, Alba ^a   Rodriguez Blazquez, Carmen ^a   Fernandez Mayoralas, Gloria ^b   Rojo Perez, Fermina ^b   Martinez Martin, Pablo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Community wellbeing; Older adults; Quality of life; Rasch analysis; Subjective wellbeing; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SPAIN;

EID: 79960250937     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9794-2     Document Type: Article

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