On the different scenarios of disagreement between self- and informant-reports on an aged adults ability to perform activities of daily living

Maturitas

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-170

  Siordia, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Aging; Disagreement; Informants; Proxies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; SELF REPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84873950802     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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