Associations of frailty and psychosocial factors with autonomy in daily activities: A cross-sectional study in Italian community-dwelling older adults

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 11, Issue , 2016, Pages 37-45

  Mulasso, Anna ^a   Roppolo, Mattia ^a,b   Giannotta, Fabrizia ^c   Rabaglietti, Emanuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Disability; Functional decline; Interaction effect; Psychological resources; Social resources

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ENDURANCE; ENERGY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRIENDSHIP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; ITALIAN (CITIZEN); LONELINESS; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84955317087     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S95162     Document Type: Article

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