Social support and mortality among the aged people with major diseases or ADL disabilities in Taiwan: A national study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 317-321

  Liao, Chun Cheng ^a,b,c   Li, Chi Rong ^a   Lee, Shu Hsin ^a   Liao, Wen Chun ^a   Liao, Miao Yu ^a,d   Lin, James ^e   Yeh, Chih Jung ^a   Lee, Meng Chih ^a,d,f  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d Dept of Med Research and Education   (Taiwan)

^e Swedish Medical Group   (United States)

^f NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ADL disability; Elderly; Major disease; Mortality; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL SUPPORT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE EXTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

EID: 84923014716     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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