Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 49, Issue 12 , Pages 1407-1417, December 1996

Self-reports and general practitioner information on the presence of chronic diseases in community dwelling elderly:☆

A study on the accuracy of patients' self-reports and on determinants of inaccuracy

  • Didi M.W. Kriegsman

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Didi M. W. Kriegsman, EMGO Institute, Van der Boechorststraat 7, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
    • Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • The Department of General Practice, Nursing Home Medicine, and Social Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Brenda W.J.H. Penninx

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Jacques Th.M. Van Eijk

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • The Department of General Practice, Nursing Home Medicine, and Social Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • A.Joan P. Boeke

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Research in Extramural Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • The Department of General Practice, Nursing Home Medicine, and Social Medicine, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • Dorly J.H. Deeg

      Affiliations

    • The Department of Psychiatry, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • The Department of Sociology and Social Gerontology, Vrije Universiteit, 1081 BT Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Accepted 5 June 1996.

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☆ The present study was performed within the context of the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA), which is largely funded by the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sports of the Dutch Government.

PII: S0895-4356(96)00274-0

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 49, Issue 12 , Pages 1407-1417, December 1996

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