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| Non-response bias in a study of cardiovascular diseases, functional status and self-rated health among elderly men | | Author(s) | Nancy Hoeymans, Edith J M Feskens, Geertrudis A M van den Bos |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 27, no 1, January 1998 |
| Pages | pp 35-40 |
| Keywords | Older men ; Cardiovascular diseases ; Stroke ; Health [elderly] ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Longitudinal surveys ; Variance analysis ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The Zutphen Elderly Study began in 1985 and is a longitudinal population-based cardiovascular health study among men born between 1900 and 1920 and living in Zutphen, the Netherlands. During the 1993 survey, a non-response survey was carried out. The prevalence of myocardial infarction and stroke, disabilities in basic activities of daily living (ADLs) and mobility, and self-rated health were compared between 99 non-respondents and 381 respondents. The health of non-respondents was worse than that of respondents in terms of stroke, disabilities in ADL and mobility and self-rated health. Due to this selective non-response, the associations between cardiovascular diseases, functional status and self-rated health were biased. The direction and magnitude of such bias varies according to disease and health outcome, and is therefore difficult to predict. Studies carried out need to minimise non-response, and the implications should be investigated. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981208213 A |
| Classmark | BC: CQ: CQA: CC: C4: CA: 3J: 3YA: 76H |
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