Association of quality of life with laboratory measurements and lifestyle factors in community dwelling older people in Taiwan

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 548-559

  Wu, Tai Yin ^a,b   Chie, Wei Chu ^a   Liu, Jen Pei ^a,c   Liaw, Chen Kun ^d,e,f,g   Netuveli, Gopalakrishnan ^h,i   Blane, David ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^d SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical status; lifestyle factors; old age; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84924538768     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.962000     Document Type: Article

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