Is self-rated health still sensitive for changes in disease and functioning among nonagenarians?

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 848-858

  Galenkamp, Henrike ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Huisman, Martijn ^a,b   Hervonen, Antti ^c   Braam, Arjan W ^a,d   Jylhä, Marja ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Jyvaskyla University   (Finland)

^d Altrecht Mental Health Care ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic disease; Function; Longitudinal studies; Nonagenarians; Self rated health

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NONAGENARIANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SELF-RATED HEALTH.; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

CHRONIC DISEASE; FUNCTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NONAGENARIANS; SELF-RATED HEALTH.;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84882793518     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbt066     Document Type: Article

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