title: [Health survey in the elderly using home interviews: study of various indicators].
abstract: Questions asked on the occasion of health survey at home usually refer to frequency of medical consultations and prescribed drugs, but often also to reported somatic symptoms and self-evaluated general health status. Interview data collected in a population of aged widows and widowers revealed a high degree of concordance between these various health indicators, justifying in particular the value assigned to the subjective appreciation of the level of general health.
authors.affiliation: Institutions Universitaires de Gériatrie, Genève.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Stuckelberger
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Tecklenburg
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hovaguimian
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grab
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001601:Bereavement; D004363:Drug Utilization; D005260:Female; D006296:Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012847:Single Person / Q000523:psychology; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Enquête de santé chez les personnes âgées par interview à domicile: etude de quelques indicateurs.