XXXX : morale, family functioning, health status, and functional capacity.

@entity1 @entity64
Twenty-two @entity64 @entity1 and their spouses were studied. All @entity1 were living at home and had had a @entity64 at least one year previously. Of the 22 @entity1 14 were @entity1 and eight were @entity1 . Couples were assessed on the variables of morale, family functioning, health status, and @entity1 functional capacity. For all variables, @entity1 -spouse and husband-wife differences were tested. Couples from a previously studied random community sample were matched to the @entity64 couples on age and socioeconomic status (SES). Identical morale, family functioning, and health status data collected on these couples were compared to the @entity64 data. The results included the following: @entity64 @entity1 and their spouses were healthy on all variables. Members of the couple did not differ on most variables whether compared as husband-wife or @entity1 -spouse. Wives from the two samples did not differ on any variable. Husbands from the @entity64 sample differed from the matched husbands on only one health variable--the number of doctor visits made in the past six months.
