Method of recruitment and the scores of self-report measures: The example of worry in the elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-49

  Izal, María ^a   Nuevo, Roberto ^a   Montorio, Ignacio ^a   Pérez Rojo, Gema ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Non random sample; Random sample; Recruitment of elderly people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RATING SCALE; SAMPLING; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SNOWBALL SAMPLE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 56949089583     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.09.009     Document Type: Article

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