Open Access Library Journal

Vol.4 No.4(2017), Paper ID 75184, 11 pages

DOI:10.4236/oalib.1103391

 

Functional Capacity Index in Elderly: Construction through the Item Response Theory

 

André Luiz Barbosa de Lima, Albert Espelt, Carme Viladich, Montse Bartroli, Kenio Costa-Lima

 

Post-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil
Biomedical Research Networking Centres in Public Health and Epidemiology (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
Department of Psychobiology and Methodology of Health Sciences, Faculty of Psychology, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vàlles, Spain
Barcelona Public Health Agency, Barcelona, Spain
Post-Graduate Program in Collective Health, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brazil

 

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de Lima, A. , Espelt, A. , Viladich, C. , Bartroli, M. and Costa-Lima, K. (2017) Functional Capacity Index in Elderly: Construction through the Item Response Theory. Open Access Library Journal, 4, 1-11. doi: 10.4236/oalib.1103391.

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