Factors impacting on the well-being of older residents in rural communities

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 182-191

  Inder, Kerry J ^a,b   Lewin, Terry J ^a   Kelly, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

healthy ageing; mental health; rural and remote health; social support; well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84862835211     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: 17579147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913912447018     Document Type: Review

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