A postal screening questionnaire in preventive geriatric care.
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چکیده
A postal questionnaire was introduced as a screening procedure for a comprehensive geriatric assessment programme in general practice. It had a response rate of 81 per cent, a sensitivity of 0.95, a specificity of 0.68, and a predictive value of 0.91. The use of this screening procedure could reduce the workload of an assessment programme by one fifth.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
دوره 30 210 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1980