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03334cam a2200349 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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9289011653 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9289011653 |
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(Sirsi) 9289011653 |
| 060 ## - NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE CALL NUMBER |
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WT 30 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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900629s1989 0 eng |
| 245 00 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Health, lifestyles and services for the elderly / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
edited by W. E. Waters, E. Heikkinen, A. S. Dontas. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
Copenhagen : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
WHO Regional Office for Europe, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1989. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
222 p. |
| 440 #0 - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE |
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| Title |
Public health in Europe ; |
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29 |
| 520 3# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
A detailed comparative analysis of data generated by an international study designed to assess the health, functional ability, and quality of life of the elderly and to evaluate their use of health and social services. Data from the study, which was carried out in 15 centres in 10 European countries and in Kuwait, are submitted to sophisticated statistical and epidemiological analysis in order to yield conclusions useful in the improvement of services and in the design of further research on the aging process. The book has five main chapters. The first explains the design of the study, including methods used to produce standardized and comparable data from representative samples of the elderly. The second chapter, devoted to health and functional ability, assesses data on the ability to perform selected activities of daily living and on the prevalence of reported chronic diseases, accidents, and injuries. The main diseases and conditions affecting daily function were identified as disorders of the musculoskeletal system, ischaemic heart disease, hypertension, and diseases of the digestive system. A chapter devoted to lifestyles and life satisfaction considers interrelations between social activity and life satisfaction and the impact that health status and functional ability can have on social participation and satisfaction with life. Findings lend support to the assumption that socially active people are more satisfied with their lives than those whose personal contacts are more limited. Other chapters point out differences in the utilization of services, identify factors that may explain these differences, and consider the determinants of physical dependence. Risks factors for physical dependence are identified as poor housing conditions, low education, low social activity, and low physical activity. To facilitate interpretation of the study and its findings, the book devotes more than 100 pages to details on study design and methodology, including reproduction of the standardized codebook, a description of the indices used in the study, an explanation of correlation coefficients of the sixteen selected variables, and a reproduction of the questionnaire used to evaluate local services for the elderly. Operational definitions used in the questionnaire are also annexed to the report. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
eng. |
| 550 ## - ISSUING BODY NOTE |
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| Issuing body note |
WHODOC |
| 561 ## - OWNERSHIP AND CUSTODIAL HISTORY |
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| History |
WHO monograph |
| 562 ## - COPY AND VERSION IDENTIFICATION NOTE |
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ICP/HEE 211 |
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4 |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Health services for the aged. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Life style. |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Quality of life. |
| 650 02 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Health surveys. |
| 651 #2 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Europe. |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Health of the Elderly. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Waters, W. E. |
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| Personal name |
Heikkinen, Eino. |
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| Personal name |
Dontas, A. S. |
| 710 2# - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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| Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element |
World Health Organization. |
| Subordinate unit |
Regional Office for Europe. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
NLM Classification Scheme |
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Books |
