title: [Towards the development of a global index of functional disability based on the O.E.C.D. questionnaire. Items in a Swiss survey (author's transl)].
abstract: This study is based on a sample of 1500 persons, representative of the general population aged 65 years and over in Geneva and the central Valais region. The questions used to evaluate the level of disability are those selected by the OECD working group. They were included in a self-administered questionnaire. A global score of disability is created by using both an endogenous and an exogenous approach. The endogenous approach attempts to isolate a limited number of factors (factorial analysis) and to order the disability items (Guttman Scale). The exogenous approach adopts as criteria a global assessment of the health of each individual. The discussion of different systems of scoring is based on the distribution of different scores and their intercorrelations.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012015:Reference Standards; D012494:Sampling Studies; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Vers l'établissement d'un score global d'incapacité fonctionnelle sur la base des questions de l'O.C.D.E.