Journal article
Ascertainment of Chronic Diseases in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), Systematic Review*
Abstract
ABSTRACTStandard clinical diagnostic procedures are often inappropriate and frequently not feasible to apply in population-based studies, yet ascertaining accurate disease status is essential. We conducted a systematic review to identify algorithms, criteria, and tools used to ascertain 17 chronic diseases, and assessed the feasibility of developing algorithms for the CLSA. Of the 29,616 citations screened, 668 papers met all inclusion …
Authors
Raina PS; Wolfson C; Kirkland SA; Keshavarz H; Griffith LE; Patterson C; Uniat J; Strople G; Pelletier A; Angus CL
Journal
Canadian Journal on Aging / La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 275–285
Publisher
Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Publication Date
September 2009
DOI
10.1017/s071498080999002x
ISSN
0714-9808