The Groningen Activity Restriction Scale for measuring disability: its utility in international comparisons.

Fiche publication


Date publication

août 1994

Journal

American journal of public health

Auteurs

Membres identifiés du Cancéropôle Est :
Pr BRIANCON Serge, Pr GUILLEMIN Francis


Tous les auteurs :
Suurmeijer TP, Doeglas DM, Moum T, Briançon S, Krol B, Sanderman R, Guillemin F, Bjelle A, van den Heuvel WJ

Résumé

The Groningen Activity Restriction Scale (GARS) is a non-disease-specific instrument to measure disability in activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). It was developed in studies of Dutch samples consisting of elderly or chronically ill people. The psychometric properties of the GARS demonstrated in these studies were highly satisfactory. This paper addresses the psychometric properties of the GARS across countries.

Mots clés

Activities of Daily Living, Arthritis, Rheumatoid, classification, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Disability Evaluation, Evaluation Studies as Topic, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, France, Geriatric Assessment, Humans, Longitudinal Studies, Male, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Norway, Psychometrics, Reproducibility of Results, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sweden

Référence

Am J Public Health. 1994 Aug;84(8):1270-3