| Title | Measuring disability with parsimony. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1999 |
| Authors | Verbrugge, LM, Merrill, SS, Li, X |
| Journal | Disabil Rehabil |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pagination | 295-306 |
| Date Published | 1999 May-Jun |
| ISSN Number | 0963-8288 |
| Call Number | pubs_1999_Verbrugge_LDis.pdf |
| Keywords | Activities of Daily Living, Disability Evaluation, Disabled Persons, Health Status Indicators, Health Surveys, Humans, Surveys and Questionnaires |
| Abstract | PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: Health surveys, especially those for older persons, include numerous detailed items about disability. There has been little effort to develop a global disability item, that is, one question that covers the concept of disability briefly but well. This article discusses how parsimony can be achieved through a single item, or less desirably by reductions of detailed items. MAIN OUTCOME AND RESULTS: Results of three analyses on the issue of compact disability indicators, using public-use data sets (AHEAD, HRS, BRFSS), are presented. The analyses study relationships of global disability to both detailed disability items and global health. Overall, the results show that a global disability item has good coverage of specific disabilities and is distinct from self-rated health. CONCLUSIONS: Routine inclusion of a global disability item in surveys is recommended, and specific suggestions are made to aid its design. |
| URL | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10381242 |
| DOI | 10.1080/096382899297729 |
| User Guide Notes | |
| Endnote Keywords | disability/disability |
| Endnote ID | 11792 |
| Alternate Journal | Disabil Rehabil |
| Citation Key | 6671 |
| PubMed ID | 10381242 |
