The BRIGHT tool

Age and Ageing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 553-558

  Kerse, Ngaire ^a   Boyd, Michal ^b,c   McLean, Chris ^c   Koziol McLain, Jane ^b   Robb, Gillian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^c WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Case finding; Disability; Elderly; Postal questionnaire; Utility

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF RISK IDENTIFICATION OF GERIATRIC HEALTH TOOL; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERONTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM DATASET FOR HOME CARE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACER;

EID: 51749101012     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afn145     Document Type: Article

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