Questionnaire-based evaluation of everyday competence in older adults

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 37-46

  Kalisch, Tobias ^a   Richter, Julia ^c   Lenz, Melanie ^a   Kattenstroth, Jan Christoph ^b   Kolankowska, Izabela ^b   Tegenthoff, Martin ^a   Dinse, Hubert R ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Institute for Neuroinformatics   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Everyday competence; Questionnaire based evaluation; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPETENCE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EVERYDAY COMPENTENCE QUESTIONNAIRE; EXERCISE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LEISURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGING; DISABILITY; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPORT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPORTS;

EID: 80051630038     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S15433     Document Type: Article

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