Predictive validity of a postal questionnaire for screening community-dwelling elderly individuals at risk of functional decline

Age and Ageing

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 159-167

  Hébert, Réjean ^a   Bravo, Gina ^a   Korner Bitensky, Nicol ^b   Voyer, Louis ^a  

^a Hopital d'Youville   (Canada)

^b JEWISH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCREENING; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0029939825     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/25.2.159     Document Type: Article

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