PMID: 3746176Jun 1, 1986Paper

The elderly at home: indices of disability

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health
C JaggerR A Davies

Abstract

The physical status of all people aged 75 and over living in and around Melton Mowbray was assessed by the responses to a series of questions on the activities of daily living that the respondents could perform. Three methods of producing an index of disability from these separate questions are investigated: principal component analysis, Guttman scaling, and a variation of Guttman scaling known as severity grading. All the methods produced very similar rankings of persons, confirming the suggestion of Bebbington that the choice of scaling method is of little consequence. Two scales emerged: one measuring physical ability and the other the level of urinary and faecal incontinence.

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Mar 31, 2006·International Urogynecology Journal and Pelvic Floor Dysfunction·S J PretloveK S Khan
Sep 1, 1991·Public Health·R J LowryP J Gregg
May 12, 2001·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society·C JaggerM Clarke
Mar 1, 1991·Statistics in Medicine·C Jagger, C J Sutton
Jan 1, 1991·International Journal of Health Services : Planning, Administration, Evaluation·R F Badgley
Nov 13, 2009·Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences·C F WrightC Brayne
Oct 30, 1998·Disability and Rehabilitation·J A Kopec, J M Esdaile
Jan 1, 1995·Psychological Medicine·C JaggerA Stone

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