The Global Activity Limitation Index measured function and disability similarly across European countries

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 892-899

  Jagger, Carol ^a   Gillies, Clare ^a   Cambois, Emmanuelle ^b   Van Oyen, Herman ^c   Nusselder, Wilma ^d   Robine, Jean Marie ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^c SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Disability free life expectancy; Functional limitation; Global Activity Limitation Index; Healthy Life Years

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; GLOBAL ACTIVITY LIMITATION INDEX; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WALKING SPEED; AGED; DISABLED PERSON; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77953611286     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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