Current Gerontology and Geriatrics Research
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 474618, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/474618
Clinical Study

Personality Characteristics Determine Health-Related Quality of Life as an Outcome Indicator of Geriatric Inpatient Rehabilitation

Jörg Richter,1 Martina Schwarz,2 and Barbara Bauer2

1Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Eastern and Southern Region, 0405 Oslo, Norway
2Bethesda Clinic, Geriatric Rehabilitation Hospital, Neubrandenburg, Germany

Received 15 April 2008; Accepted 31 July 2008

Academic Editor: Dominique Lorrain

Copyright © 2008 Jörg Richter et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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