Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys - Beyond ADLs and IADLs: Summary of a Workshop (Paperback)

Improving the Measurement of Late-Life Disability in Population Surveys summarizes a workshop organized to draw upon recent advances to improve the measurement of physical and cognitive disability in population surveys of the elderly population. The book questions whether or not the measures of activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living used in many population surveys are sufficient as the primary survey-based indicators of late-life disability. If not, should they be refined or should they be supplemented by other measures of disability in surveys? If yes, in what ways should disability measures be changed or modified to produce population estimates of late-life disability and to monitor trends? The book also discusses what further research is needed to advance this effort. Table of Contents Front Matter 1 Introduction 2 Challenges to Improving Measurement of Late-Life Functioning and Disability 3 Potential Methods for Revising Measures to Foster Comparability Across Subgroups 4 Improving the Validity of Cross-Population Comparisons 5 Measuring Functioning and Disability in Context 6 Research and Development Toward Improved Measures of Late-Life Disability References Appendix A: Population Survey Measures of Functioning: Strengths and Weaknesses--Barbara M. Altman Appendix B: Workshop Agenda and Presenters Appendix C: Biographical Sketches of Steering Committee Members Committee on Population Committee on National Statistics

General

Imprint:	National Academies Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	2009
Authors:	National Research Council • Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education • Committee on Population • Committee on National Statistics
Editors:	Gooloo S. Wunderlich
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-0-309-14371-4
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Research methods Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social research & statistics > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Population & demography > General
LSN:	0-309-14371-3
Barcode:	9780309143714

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