title: Use of a self-administered postal questionnaire when screening for health problems in the elderly.
abstract: The feasibility and value of conducting health screening programmes for elderly people using self-administered postal questionnaires is discussed in relation to the outcome of a community study of mobility problems in the elderly. It is argued that this procedure minimizes the work and expense involved in organising and carrying out such programmes.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires