Quality of life in older outpatients living alone in the community in Italy

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 32-41

  Bilotta, Claudio ^a,b   Bowling, Ann ^c   Nicolini, Paola ^a   Casè, Alessandra ^a   Vergani, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Living alone; Marital status; Older age; Quality of life; Social participation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 83555173451     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2011.01011.x     Document Type: Article

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