Comparison of centre and home-based health assessments: Early experience from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

Age and Ageing

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-90

  Kearney, Patricia M ^a   Cronin, Hilary ^b   O'Regan, Claire ^b   Kamiya, Yumiko ^b   Whelan, Brendan J ^b   Kenny, Rose Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cohort study; Elderly; Health assessment

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WALKING SPEED;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; IRELAND; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 78650381314     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq124     Document Type: Article

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