Associations between functional ability and life satisfaction in the oldest old: Results from the longitudinal population study Good Aging in Skåne

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 313-320

  Enkvist, Åsa ^a   Ekström, Henrik ^a   Elmståhl, Sölve ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Functional ability; Life satisfaction; Longitudinal; Oldest old

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFE SATISFACTION INDEX A; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SONN AND ASBERGS ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; AGE; MARRIAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84871672634     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S33610     Document Type: Article

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