The Identification of Seniors At Risk Screening Tool: Further Evidence of Concurrent and Predictive Validity

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 290-296

  Dendukuri, Nandini ^a,b   McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Belzile, Eric ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Emergency department; Functional impairment; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH CENTER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCREENING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUEBEC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1242306985     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52073.x     Document Type: Article

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