Overall Quality of Life (OQoL) questionnaire in frail elderly: A study of reproducibility and responsiveness of the Depression List (DL)

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 22-27

  Gregersen, Merete ^a   Jordansen, Mette M ^a   Gerritsen, Debby L ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Frailty; Nursing homes; Quality of Life; Questionnaire; Reliability; Responsiveness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMFORT; COMPETENCE; DEPRESSION LIST; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VERY ELDERLY; DEPRESSION; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84918827858     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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