Functional ability among elderly people in three service settings: The discriminatory power of a new functional ability scale

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 783-790

  Avlund, Kirsten ^a   Holstein, Bjørn E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Discriminatory power; Elderly; Functional ability; Mobility; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISABILITY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; HEARING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MOBILIZATION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISION; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEARING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISION;

EID: 0032428258     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007508724943     Document Type: Article

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