Proxy reporting in five areas of functional status: Comparison with self-reports and observations of performance

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 418-428

  Magaziner, Jay ^a   Zimmerman, Sheryl Itkin ^a   Gruber Baldini, Ann L ^a   Hebel, J Richard ^a   Fox, Kathleen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aged; Cognition; Data collection; Epidemiologic methods; Frail eldarly; Question naires; Research design

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0030860275     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009295     Document Type: Article

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