Test-Retest Performance of a Mailed Version of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey among Older Adults

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1165-1170

  Andresen, Elena M ^a,c   Bowley, Nancy ^a   Rothenberg, Barbara M ^a   Panzer, Robert ^a   Katz, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Monroe Community Hospital   (United States)

^c SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health status; Older adults; Reliability; Survey methods

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0030330630     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199612000-00001     Document Type: Article

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