Health-related quality of life and physical, mental, and cognitive disabilities among nursing home residents in Jordan

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 155-165

  Almomani, Fidaa Mohammad ^a   McDowd, Joan M ^a   Bani Issa, Wegdan ^a   Almomani, Murad ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Cognitive disabilities; Depression; Health related quality of life; Nursing homes; Physical disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JORDAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; JORDAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84895059669     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0461-2     Document Type: Article

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