Self-rated quality of life of city-dwelling elderly people benefitting from social help: Results of a cross-sectional study

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bryła, Marek ^a   Burzyńska, Monika ^a   Maniecka Bryła, Irena ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ageing population; Poland; Quality of life; Social help

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEADACHE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING; POLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF RATED QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WELFARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POLAND; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84886386859     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-11-181     Document Type: Article

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