Self-reports and general practitioner information on the presence of chronic diseases in community dwelling elderly. A study on the accuracy of patients' self-reports and on determinants of inaccuracy

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1407-1417

  Kriegsman, Didi M W ^a,b   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a   Van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^a,b   Boeke, A Joan P ^a,b   Deeg, Dorly J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Measurements; Medical records; Reliability; Self reports; Survey studies

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MOBILIZATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URBANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0030479414     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(96)00274-0     Document Type: Article

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