RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A postal screening questionnaire in preventive geriatric care
JF The Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners
JO J R Coll Gen Pract
FD British Journal of General Practice
SP 49
OP 51
VO 30
IS 210
A1 J. H. Barber
A1 Joan B. Wallis
A1 Edith McKeating
YR 1980
UL http://bjgp.org/content/30/210/49.abstract
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.