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| Screening for diseases in elderly persons: the correlation between physical checkup findings and chief complaints | | Author(s) | B M H Cheung, K-C G Jeng, Y Lau |
| Journal title | Gerontology, vol 45, no 5, September-October 1999 |
| Pages | pp 283-288 |
| Keywords | Ill health ; Screening ; Attitude ; Taiwan. |
| Annotation | The effectiveness of a physical checkup programme for screening diseases in older people, in terms of correlation with their main complaints has not been previously evaluated. This study examined the correlation between physical checkup findings and chief complaints among 792 older men and 373 older women attending a checkup programme in Taiwan. The results showed a significant difference between male and female subjects in the relationship of clinical findings to chief complaints. When the locations of chief complaints were compared, those concerning the neck and the limbs corresponded well with the clinical findings. There was a good relationship between physical checkup findings and complaints of lower back pain, upper abdominal pain and knee joint pain. However, the study found that 43.7% of physical checkup findings were not linked to chief complaints. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991005228 A |
| Classmark | CH: 3V: DP: 7DP |
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