Perceived social support and health-related quality of life in older adults who have multiple chronic conditions and their caregivers: a dyadic analysis

Maddalena De Maria, Semira Tagliabue, Davide Ausili, Ercole Vellone and Maria Matarese

Social Science & Medicine, 2020, vol. 262, issue C

Abstract: Patients who have multiple chronic conditions (MCCs) and their informal caregivers experience poorer health-related quality of life (HRQOL). Perceived social support has been shown to influence HRQOL.

Keywords: Perceived social support; Quality of life; Dyad; APIM; Chronic disease (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113193

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