Response shift in self-rated health after serious health events in old age

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 192, Issue , 2017, Pages 85-93

  Spuling, Svenja M ^a   Wolff, Julia K ^a,b,c   Wurm, Susanne ^b  

^a GERMAN CENTRE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c Institute for Transdisciplinary Health Care Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Longitudinal survey; Older adults; Response shift; Self rated health; Serious health event

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF RATED HEALTH; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

GERMANY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85030127948     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.09.026     Document Type: Article

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