Illuminance, Subjective Sleep Quality, and Psychosomatic Health in Elderly Individuals Requiring Care: A Survey of Japan’s Hokuriku Region in Winter

Journal of Community Health Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 104-114

  Ichimori, Akie ^a,b   Tsukasaki, Keiko ^b   Koyama, Emi ^c  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIGHT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEASON; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIGHT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEASONS; SLEEP WAKE DISORDERS;

EID: 84929317078     PISSN: 07370016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07370016.2015.1026158     Document Type: Article

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