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The ageing of the third world: tackling the problems of community surveys. Part II: A community survey of the elderly population in rio de janeiro: a methodological approach
Author(s) -
Veras Renato P.,
Murphy Elaine
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930060904
Subject(s) - gerontology , reliability (semiconductor) , population , epidemiology , geriatrics , survey methodology , psychology , sociology , medicine , demography , psychiatry , power (physics) , physics , pathology , quantum mechanics
This article (Part II) introduces a joint project being carried out at the Institute of Social Medicine, Rio de Janeiro, and the United Medical and Dental Schools, Guy's Hospital, London, concerning the epidemiology of the elderly population of Rio de Janeiro. The methodology used and the stages of the community survey are presented. The sampling methods and the steps of the enumerator process are detailed, and the design on the reliability and validity study of mental health is also presented. The main purpose of this article is to present the methodological approach.