Perceived effects of health status on sexual activity in women and men older than 50 years

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Rohde, Gudrun ^a,b   Berg, Kari H ^a,b   Haugeberg, Glenn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^b Hospital of Southern Norway Kristiansand   (Norway)

Author keywords

Elderly; Health status; Quality of life; Sexual activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SHORT FORM 36; VERY ELDERLY; WRIST FRACTURE; ARM MOVEMENT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOPOROSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WRIST INJURIES;

EID: 84899530764     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-12-43     Document Type: Article

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