Functional ability in a population: Normative survey data and reliability for the ICF based Norwegian Function Assessment Scale

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Østerås, Nina ^a   Brage, Søren ^a   Garratt, Andrew ^b   Benth, Jurate Saltyte ^a,c   Natvig, Bård ^a   Gulbrandsen, Pål ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORWAY; NORWEGIAN FUNCTION ASSESSMENT SCALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTAL MAIL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; HEALTH; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH; SICK LEAVE;

EID: 38849101038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-278     Document Type: Article

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