Health status and quality of life: results from a national survey in a community-dwelling sample of elderly people

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1687-1696

  Luthy, Christophe ^a   Cedraschi, Christine ^a   Allaz, Anne Françoise ^a   Herrmann, François R ^a   Ludwig, Catherine ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; Community dwelling elderly; Health related quality of life; Life conditions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SWITZERLAND; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84933277358     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-014-0894-2     Document Type: Article

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