Assessing the validity of the global activity limitation indicator in fourteen European countries

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Berger, Nicolas ^a,b   Van Oyen, Herman ^a   Cambois, Emmanuelle ^c   Fouweather, Tony ^d   Jagger, Carol ^d   Nusselder, Wilma ^e   Robine, Jean Marie ^f,g  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f INSERM   (France)

^g PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Disability; Disability free life expectancy; Functioning; Global activity limitation indicator; Health expectancy; Healthy life years; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84923852661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-15-1     Document Type: Article

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