Construct validity of the Frenchay Activities Index for community-dwelling elderly in Japan

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 99-107

  Han, Chang Wan ^a,b   Yajima, Yuki ^c   Nakajima, Kazuo ^d   Lee, Eun Joo ^b   Meguro, Makiko ^e   Kohzuki, Masahiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Woosong University   (South Korea)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OKAYAMA PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Disability; Elderly; Frenchay Activities Index; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRENCHAY ACTIVITIES INDEX; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAUNDRY; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAVEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; SEX FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 33750053543     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.210.99     Document Type: Article

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