An evaluation of a brief health status measure in elderly veterans.
An evaluation of a brief health status measure in elderly veterans.
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对老年退伍军人的简要健康状况测量进行评估。
DOI：
10.1111/j.1532-5415.1991.tb03623.x
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发表时间：
1991
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Feussner,JR
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作者：
Weinberger,M;Samsa,GP;Hanlon,JT;Schmader,K;Doyle,ME;Cowper,PA;Uttech,KM;Cohen,HJ;Feussner,JR
Objective: To examine the feasibility of a brief 36–item health status measure in elderly male veterans, by comparing it with the 136–item Sickness Impact Profile.Design: Cross‐sectional study in which all subjects completed both measures in a random order.Setting: Durham VAMC General Medicine and Geriatrics Clinics.Patients: Convenience sample of 25 male veterans aged 65 and older (mean age = 73.5 years; 68% white; 68% currently married; mean annual income = $7,000).Main Outcome Measures: Two well‐validated health status measures, the Sickness Impact Profile and the SF‐36.Results: The SF‐36 took less time to administer than the Sickness Impact Profile in both the Geriatrics Clinic (mean: 15 vs 33 minutes) and General Medicine Clinic (mean: 14 vs 21 minutes). Although SIP scores consistently displayed a more optimistic picture of respondents' health compared with the SF‐36, the two instruments were highly correlated: overall functioning (r = 0.73), physical functioning (r = 0.78), and social functioning (r = 0.67).Conclusions: These two measures provide a similar ranking of elderly male veterans' health status. The significantly shorter administration time of the SF‐36 is an attractive feature for both researchers and clinicians interested in assessing health status.
