Factors associated with perceived health in elderly medical inpatients: A particular focus on personal coping recourses

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 795-803

  Helvik, Anne Sofie ^a,b,c   Engedal, Knut ^b,d,e   Bjørkløf, Guro Hanevold ^f   Selbæk, Geir ^d,g  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f VESTRE VIKEN HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^g AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Diseases; Health perception; Impaired function; Personal coping resources

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84863498865     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.651436     Document Type: Article

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