Health status of independently living older adults in Romania

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 926-933

  Ghinescu, Minerva ^a   Olaroiu, Marinela ^a   van Dijk, Jitse P ^b,c   Olteanu, Tatiana ^d   van den Heuvel, Wim J A ^a,b  

^a TITU MAIORESCU UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c P J AFÁRIK UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^d Gerontology and Geriatrics   (Romania)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Health status; Neuroticism; Psychological health; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTRAVERSION; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; NEUROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIAN (CITIZEN); SHORT FORM 20; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRATIFIED SAMPLE; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROMANIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROMANIA;

EID: 84926650223     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12199     Document Type: Article

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