PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - J. H. Barber AU - Joan B. Wallis AU - Edith McKeating TI - A postal screening questionnaire in preventive geriatric care DP - 1980 Jan 01 TA - The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners PG - 49--51 VI - 30 IP - 210 4099 - http://bjgp.org/content/30/210/49.short 4100 - http://bjgp.org/content/30/210/49.full SO - J R Coll Gen Pract1980 Jan 01; 30 AB - 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.