A high sense of coherence as protection against adverse health outcomes in patients aged 80 years and older

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 337-343

  Boeckxstaens, Pauline ^a   Vaes, Bert ^b,c   De Sutter, An ^a   Aujoulat, Isabelle ^b   van Pottelbergh, Gijs ^b,c   Matheï, Catharina ^b,c   Degryse, Jean Marie ^b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

80 and over; Aged; Depression; Functional decline; Mortality; Multimorbidity; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84978066541     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.1950     Document Type: Article

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