Measurement equivalence in ADL and IADL difficulty across international surveys of aging: Findings from the HRS, SHARE, and ELSA

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 67 B, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 121-132

  Chan, Kitty S ^a   Kasper, Judith D ^a   Brandt, Jason ^b,c   Pezzin, Liliana E ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c The Copper Ridge Institute   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Differential item functioning; Disability

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856479369     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbr133     Document Type: Article

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