Self-report and medical record report agreement of selected medical conditions in the elderly.
- 1 November 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Public Health Association in American Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 79 (11) , 1554-1556
- https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.79.11.1554
Abstract
This study assessed agreement between self- and medical record report of medical conditions in an elderly population. Medical charts of 120 participants in a screening program were abstracted, and the questionnaire report of eight major conditions was compared with the medical record. There was substantial or moderate agreement between self-report and medical record report for each condition, although strength of agreement varied by condition. Self-report by elderly individuals compares favorably with medical record report of medical conditions.This publication has 27 references indexed in Scilit:
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