Psychosocial factors and health as determinants of quality of life in community-dwelling older adults

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 505-516

  Brett, Caroline E ^a   Gow, Alan J ^a   Corley, Janie ^a   Pattie, Alison ^a   Starr, John M ^a   Deary, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Big five personality traits depression; Health; Older adults; Quality of life; Sociodemographic factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84863617012     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-011-9951-2     Document Type: Article

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