Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 195-201 , February 1997

Item re-scaling of an Italian version of the Sickness Impact Profile: Effect of age and profession of the observers

  • Niccoló Marchionni

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Niccoló Marchionni, MD, Department of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, University of Florence, Via delle Oblate, 4.50141, Florence, Italy.
    • The University Department of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Florence, Italy 50141
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  • Luigi Ferrucci

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    • The INRCA Department of Geriatric Medicine, Florence, Italy 50139
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  • Samuele Baldasseroni

      Affiliations

    • The University Department of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Florence, Italy 50141
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  • Stefano Fumagalli

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    • The University Department of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Florence, Italy 50141
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  • Jack M. Guralnik

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    • The National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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  • Maura Bonazinga

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    • The University Department of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Florence, Italy 50141
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  • Francesca Cecchi

      Affiliations

    • The INRCA Department of Geriatric Medicine, Florence, Italy 50139
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  • Giulio Masotti

      Affiliations

    • The University Department of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, Florence, Italy 50141

,Accepted 7 August 1996.

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☆ This work has been supported in part by a grant from the Special Project (40%) on Cardiac Failure, the Italian Ministry of the University and the Scientific and Technological Research, and in part by a grant from the Italian National Research Council (CNR), Special Project on Aging (SP5).

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Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 50, Issue 2 , Pages 195-201 , February 1997

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