Estimating multiple morbidity disease burden among older persons: a convergent construct validity study to discriminate among six chronic illness measures, CCHS 2008/09

Wister, Andrew; Levasseur, Mélanie; E. Griffith, Lauren; Fyffe, Ian

doi:10.1186/s12877-015-0001-8

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Estimating multiple morbidity disease burden among older persons: a convergent construct validity study to discriminate among six chronic illness measures, CCHS 2008/09

Published in BMC Geriatrics • Feb 20, 2015

Authors:

Andrew Wister

Mélanie Levasseur

Lauren E. Griffith

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Since approximately two in three older adults (65+) report having two or more chronic diseases, causes and consequences of multimorbidity among older persons has important personal and societal issues. Indeed, having more than one chronic condition might involve synergetic effects, which...

Subject

Medicine

Quality of life (healthcare)

Construct validity

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