The assessment of disability with the Groningen Activity Restriction Scale. Conceptual framework and psychometric properties

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1601-1610

  Kempen, G I J M ^a   Miedema, I ^a   Ormel, J ^a   Molenaar, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

ADL; Disability; IADL; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030561257     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00057-3     Document Type: Article

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