Factors affecting completion of the SF-36 in older people

Age and Ageing

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 376-381

  Parker, Stuart G ^a   Bechinger English, Dorothea ^b   Jagger, Carol ^c   Spiers, Nicola ^c   Lindesay, James ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disability; Elderly; Health status; Old age; SF 36

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHASIA; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HAND FUNCTION; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPONSE TIME; SHORT FORM 36; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 33745431210     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afl003     Document Type: Article

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