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. 1980 Jan;30(210):49-51.

A postal screening questionnaire in preventive geriatric care

J H Barber, J B Wallis, E McKeating

A postal screening questionnaire in preventive geriatric care

J H Barber et al. J R Coll Gen Pract. 1980 Jan.

Abstract

A postal questionnaire was introduced as a screening procedure for a comprehensive geriatric assessment programme in general practice. It had a response rate of 81 per cent, a sensitivity of 0.95, a specificity of 0.68, and a predictive value of 0.91. The use of this screening procedure could reduce the workload of an assessment programme by one fifth.

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