Do older people benefit from having a confidant? An Oklahoma Physicians Resource/Research Network (OKPRN) study

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-15

  Lawler, Frank H ^a   Mold, James W ^a   McCarthy, Laine H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Elderly; Interpersonal relations; Practice based research; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDANT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; ENERGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INCOME; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MISCELLANEOUS NAMED GROUPS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PAIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84872257680     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2013.01.120051     Document Type: Article

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