Characteristics of non-responders and the impact of non-response on prevalence estimates of dementia

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1055-1062

  Boersma, Froukje ^a   Eefsting, Jan A ^b   Van Brink, Wim Den ^c   Van Tilburg, Willem ^d  

^a Nursing Home 'Anna Schotanus'   (Netherlands)

^b Nursing Home Rehab Ctr   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attrition; Bias; Dementia; Non response; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0030668883     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.5.1055     Document Type: Article

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