Trends in ADL and IADL disability in community-dwelling older adults in Shanghai, China, 1998-2008

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 476-485

  Feng, Qiushi ^a   Zhen, Zhihong ^b   Gu, Danan ^c   Wu, Bei ^d,e   Duncan, Pamela W ^f   Purser, Jama L ^e  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity of daily living (ADL); China; Disability trend; Instrumental activity of daily living (IADL); Shanghai

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; CHINA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84876530877     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt012     Document Type: Article

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