Patient and proxy rating agreements on activities of daily living and the instrumental activities of daily living of acutely hospitalized older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1554-1556

  Pol, Margriet C ^a   Buurman, Bianca M ^b   De Vos, Rien ^b   De Rooij, Sophia E ^b  

^a AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; BATH; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTINENCE; CUSTODY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; EATING; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GROOMING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAVEL; WALKING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROXY;

EID: 80051758691     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03514.x     Document Type: Letter

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