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Quality of life in old age: An investigation of well older persons in Hong Kong

Abstract

Abstract What might add quality to life during the last period of the life cycle? In study I, five focus groups of elderly participants representing different ages and socioeconomic backgrounds provided descriptions of quality of life (QOL) from their own perspectives. These descriptions formed the basis of a questionnaire that was administered to a representative, random sample of older persons in Hong Kong (N = 1,616) in study II. The study …

Authors

Cheng S; Chan ACM; Phillips DR

Journal

Journal of Community Psychology, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 309–326

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

May 2004

DOI

10.1002/jcop.20003

ISSN

0090-4392