Validation and normative data of health status measures in older people: The Islington study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1061-1070

  Pettit, T ^a,b   Livingston, G ^a   Manela, M ^a   Kitchen, G ^b   Katona, C ^a   Bowling, A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Elderly; HSQ 12; Physical activity; Quality of life; SF 12; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING DISORDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL DISORDER; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035187450     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.479     Document Type: Article

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