Agreement between self-reported co-morbidity of visually impaired older patients and reports from their general practitioners

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 49-56

  Van Nispen, Ruth M A ^a   Hoeijmakers, Janneke G J ^a   De Boer, Michiel R ^b   Ringens, Peter J ^a   Van Rens, Ger H M B ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ELKERLIEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agreement; Chronic conditions; Co morbidity; General practitioner; Selfreports; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE; STROKE; THYROID DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 85042604792     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13882350802634324     Document Type: Article

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