Mental health is the most important factor influencing quality of life in elderly left behind when families migrate out of rural China

OBJECTIVES: to investigate the quality of life and the associated factors on left behind elderly in rural China.METHOD: the research was conducted cluster sampling to select 456 elderly left behind when family members migrated out of rural China to participate in a cross-sectional study by completin...

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Main Authors: Jian-fei Xie, Si-qing Ding, Zhu-qing Zhong, Qi-feng Yi, Sai-nan Zeng, Jun-hua Hu, Jian-da Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-06-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692014000300364&lng=en&tlng=en