Correlates of health-related quality of life in young-old and old-old community-dwelling older adults.
Élvio R Quintal GouveiaBruna R GouveiaAndreas IhleMatthias KliegelJosé A MaiaSergi Bermudez I BadiaDuarte L FreitasPublished in: Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation (2017)
This data suggest that body composition, functional fitness, psycho-social factors, and falls are important correlates of HRQoL in old age. There are HRQoL-component and age-cohort differences regarding these correlates, underlying the need for specific strategies at the community level to promote HRQoL in older adults.