Table 1.
Comparison of VA functional status assessment to reference standard assessment.
Fig 1.
Flow-chart of recruitment of 252 older adults, stratified by ADL dependence.
The figure shows the number of individuals with and without ADL dependence who were contacted, assessed for eligibility, and enrolled in the study. Values represent the number of individuals in each group. ADL dependence defined as needing help to perform 1 or more activities of daily living, as documented in VA data.
Table 2.
Baseline characteristics of participants.
Table 3.
Agreement of VA functional status data with the reference standard of research-collected data for assessing dependence in activities of daily living.
Table 4.
Sample-weighted test characteristics of VA functional status data compared with the reference standard of research-collected data.
Table 5.
Agreement of VA functional status data with the reference standard of research-collected data for assessing dependence in instrumental activities of daily living.
Table 6.
Agreement of VA functional status data with the reference standard of research-collected data for assessing dependence in activities of daily living, among patients with <2 weeks elapsed between assessments.a
Table 7.
Agreement of VA functional status data with the reference standard of research-collected data for assessing dependence in activities of daily living, among patients with 2–4 weeks elapsed between assessments.a