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Self-reported disability and its association with performance-based limitation in elderly men
— a comparison of three European countries |
| Author(s) | Carolien L van den Brink, Marja Tijhuis, Sandra Kalmijn |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 51, no 6, June 2003 |
| Pages | pp 782-788 |
| Keywords | Older men ; Physical disabilities ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Comparison ; Netherlands ; Finland ; Italy. |
| Annotation | Cross-sectional data from a study collected around 1990 for three cohorts of men aged 70+ from Finland (n=340), the Netherlands (n=481), and Italy (n=340) points to variations between the three countries on self-reported disability and performance-based limitation scores. Mean self-reported disability was worse in Italy and the Netherlands than in Finland. Italian men scored worse on the performance-based tests. Dutch men reported more disabilities than men in Finland and Italy. Self-reported disability was positively associated with performance-based score and did not differ between countries. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030716205 A |
| Classmark | BC: BN: CA: C4: 48: 76H: 76L: 76V |
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