Reliability and predictive validity of inlow's 60-second diabetic foot screen tool

Advances in Skin and Wound Care

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 261-266

  Murphy, Christine Anne ^a   Laforet, Karen ^b   Da Rosa, Paulo ^c   Tabamo, Fruan ^d   Woodbury, M Gail ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Calea Home Care ^*  (Canada)

^c LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^d Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Center   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot screening; Inlow's Tool; Screening tool Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK; STATISTICS; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPHASIC SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84863714229     PISSN: 15277941     EISSN: 15388654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000415343.45178.91     Document Type: Article

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