Change in quality of life and potentially associated factors in patients receiving home-based primary care: a prospective cohort study.

Chi-Hsien HuangHiroyuki UmegakiHiroko KamitaniAtushi AsaiShigeru KandaKeiko MaedaHideki NomuraMasafumi Kuzuya

Published in: BMC geriatrics (2019)

For the disabled receiving home-based primary care, independent functional status and divorce were positively associated with better self-perceived QOL, whereas nutritional status was correlated with better family-reported QOL.

Keyphrases

primary care
general practice
depressive symptoms
social support
physical activity
mental health