Cross-Cultural Differences in the Reporting of Global Functional Capacity: An Example in Cataract Patients

Medical Care

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 868-878

  Alonso, Jordi ^a   Black, Charlyn ^d   Norregaard, Jens Christian ^d   Dunn, Elaine ^d   Andersen, Tavs F ^d   Espallargues, Mireia ^a   Bernth Petersen, Peter ^b   Anderson, Gerard F ^c  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cataracts; Cross cultural; Functional capacity; Health status; Questionnaires; Validity; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATARACT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CATARACT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MANITOBA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPAIN; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032089116     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005650-199806000-00010     Document Type: Article

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