Disease burden morbidity assessment by self-report: Psychometric properties in older adults in Spain.

Irene G M WijersAlba AyalaCarmen Rodriguez BlazquezAngel Rodriguez-LasoVicente Rodriguez-RodriguezMaria João Forjaz

Published in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2016)

The DBMA is an acceptable and valid instrument for measuring disease burden in older adults. Future studies should include Rasch analysis to further assess dimensionality and explore other measurement properties. Geriatr Gerontol 2017; 17: 1102-1108.

Keyphrases

psychometric properties
physical activity
risk factors
current status
data analysis