Randomised comparison of three methods of administering a screening questionnaire to elderly people: Findings from the MRC trial of the assessment and management of older people in the community

British Medical Journal

Volumn 323, Issue 7326, 2001, Pages 1403-1407

  Smeeth, L ^a   Fletcher, A E ^a   Stirling, S ^a   Nunes, M ^b   Breeze, E ^a   Ng, E ^a   Bulpitt, C J ^b   Jones, D ^c  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORBIDITY; NURSE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0035893119     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7326.1403     Document Type: Article

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