Improving the measurement of late-life disability in population surveys : beyond ADLs and IADLs : summary of a workshop /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on National Statistics
Other Authors: Wunderlich, Gooloo S.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Disability evaluation.
Health surveys > Methodology > Evaluation.
Disability Evaluation
Invalidité > Évaluation.
MEDICAL > Health Risk Assessment.
MEDICAL > Epidemiology.
Disability evaluation
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • FrontMatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Challenges to Improving Measurement of Late-Life Functioning and Disability
  • 3 Potential Methods for Revising Measures to Foster Comparability Across Subgroups
  • 4 Improving the Validity of Cross-Population Comparisons
  • 5 Measuring Functioning and Disability in Context
  • 6 Research and Development Toward Improved Measures of Late-Life Disability
  • References
  • Appendix A: Population Survey Measures of Functioning: Strengths and Weaknesses
  • Barbara M. Altman
  • Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and PresentersAppendix C: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members
  • Committee on Population
  • Committee on National Statistics

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