Cognitive function is maintained in noninstitutionalized elderly Japanese requiring care with high levels of health-related quality of life | Zendy

Kaori Kitamura | Zendy; Kazutoshi Nakamura | Zendy; Kimiko Ueno | Zendy; Tomoko Nishiwaki | Zendy

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Cognitive function is maintained in noninstitutionalized elderly Japanese requiring care with high levels of health-related quality of life

Author(s) -

Kaori Kitamura,

Kazutoshi Nakamura,

Kimiko Ueno,

Tomoko Nishiwaki

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

environmental health and preventive medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.813

H-Index - 40

eISSN - 1347-4715

pISSN - 1342-078X

DOI - 10.1007/s12199-016-0572-9

Subject(s) - quartile , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , body mass index , mini–mental state examination , gerontology , physical therapy , geriatric depression scale , cognition , dementia , depression (economics) , demography , cognitive impairment , confidence interval , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , nursing , disease , sociology , economics , macroeconomics

Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) has been reported to be associated with cognitive function; however, whether or not this relationship involves causality is uncertain. This study aimed to determine whether HRQOL levels are associated with subsequent changes in cognitive function in elderly people requiring care.

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