Associations between cognitive abilities and life satisfaction in the oldest-old. Results from the longitudinal population study Good Aging in Skåne

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 845-853

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

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Crystallized and fluid intelligence; Life satisfaction; Longitudinal; Oldest old

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTIC MEMORY; WORD RECOGNITION;

COGNITION; CRYSTALLIZED AND FLUID INTELLIGENCE; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL; OLDEST-OLD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880086804     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S45382     Document Type: Article

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