Self reported pain severity among multiethnic older Singaporeans: Does adjusting for reporting heterogeneity matter?

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1094-1099

  Chan, Angelique ^a,b   Malhotra, Chetna ^a   Do, Young Kyung ^a   Malhotra, Rahul ^a   Østbye, Truls ^a,c  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Older adults; Reporting heterogeneity; Vignettes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL STATUS; VIGNETTE;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE;

EID: 80455155170     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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