A harmonized measure of activities of daily living was a reliable and valid instrument for comparing disability in older people across countries

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1015-1023

  Pluijm, S M F ^a   Bardage, C ^b   Nikula, S ^c   Blumstein, T ^d   Jylha M ^c   Minicuci, N ^e   Zunzunegui, M V ^f   Pedersen, N L ^b   Deeg, D J H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^d GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Elderly; Harmonization; International comparison; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYGIENE; ISRAEL; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 24944475667     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.01.017     Document Type: Article

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