The performance of simple instruments in detecting geriatric conditions and selecting community-dwelling older people for geriatric assessment

Age and Ageing

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-231

  Maly, Rose C ^a   Hirsch, Susan H ^a   Reuben, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Falls; Functional impairment; Geriatric assessment; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN POPULATION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URBAN POPULATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0030878430     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/26.3.223     Document Type: Article

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