Feasibility and yield of a self-administered questionnaire for health risk appraisal in older people in three European countries

Age and Ageing

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 463-467

  Stuck, Andreas E ^a   Elkuch, P ^a   Dapp, U ^b   Anders, J ^b   Iliffe, S ^c   Swift, Cameron G ^d   Meier Baumgartner, H P ^b   Lubke N ^b   Harari, D ^d   Kharicha, K ^c   Born, S ^a   Munzer T ^a   Bachmann, M ^a   Conzett, Th ^a   Ludwig, R ^a   Goetz, S ^a   Gillmann, G ^e   Beck, J C ^f  

^a Spital Bern Ziegler ^*  (Switzerland)

^b ALBERTINEN KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

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

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Health promotion; Health risk appraisal; Prevention; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISABILITY; EUROPE; EVALUATION; FAT INTAKE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0036864090     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/31.6.463     Document Type: Article

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