1. Assessing the validity of the Global Activity Limitation Indicator in fourteen European countries
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Carol Jagger, Herman Van Oyen, Wilma J. Nusselder, Jean-Marie Robine, Tony Fouweather, Nicolas Berger, Emmanuelle Cambois, Public Health and Surveillance [Brussels], Institut Scientifique de Santé Publique [Belgique] - Scientific Institute of Public Health [Belgium] (WIV-ISP), Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP)-Réseau International des Instituts Pasteur (RIIP), Department of Social and Environmental Health Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Institut national d'études démographiques (INED), Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle University [Newcastle], Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center [Rotterdam] (Erasmus MC), CERMES3 - Centre de recherche Médecine, sciences, santé, santé mentale, société (CERMES3 - UMR 8211 / U988 / UM 7), École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)-Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Mécanismes moléculaires dans les démences neurodégénératives (MMDN), Université de Montpellier (UM)-Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL), JA EHLEIS (2011-2014) (EU GRANT AGREEMENT N° 20102301), the French Ministry of Health (DRESS),the French National Solidarity Fund for Autonomy (CNSA) and 10 EUMember States (Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece,Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom)., Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques (UM2)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), BMC, BMC, Santé publique et surveillance, Institut Scientifique de Santé Publique ( WIV-ISP ), London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Institut national d'études démographiques ( INED ), Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, CERMES3 - Centre de recherche, médecine, sciences, santé, santé mentale, société ( CERMES3 - UM 7 (UMR 8211 / U988) ), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 ( UPD5 ) -École des hautes études en sciences sociales ( EHESS ), Mécanismes moléculaires dans les démences neurodégénératives ( MMDN ), Université Montpellier 2 - Sciences et Techniques ( UM2 ) -École pratique des hautes études ( EPHE ) -Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale ( INSERM ) -Université de Montpellier ( UM ), and Public Health
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Male ,INDICATORS ,Activities of daily living ,Epidemiology ,[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] ,MESH : Life Expectancy ,Healthy Life Years ,Health expectancy ,Disability Evaluation ,Surveys and Questionnaires ,Activities of Daily Living ,Health Status Indicators ,MESH : Female ,MESH: Data Collection ,media_common ,Measurement ,MESH: Middle Aged ,Data Collection ,Comparability ,MESH: Disability Evaluation ,MESH : Questionnaires ,MESH : Adult ,Middle Aged ,3. Good health ,[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,MESH: Quality-Adjusted Life Years ,Female ,Quality-Adjusted Life Years ,MESH : Data Collection ,MESH : Health Status Indicators ,MESH: Life Expectancy ,Psychology ,AGED ,Research Article ,Adult ,EUROPE ,MESH : Male ,media_common.quotation_subject ,MESH : Europe ,MESH : Disability Evaluation ,Health Informatics ,Population health ,Healthy life years ,INTERNATIONAL_COMPARISON ,Life Expectancy ,MESH: Health Status Indicators ,Activity limitation ,Perception ,Humans ,MESH : Middle Aged ,Functioning ,Disability-free life expectancy ,MESH: Humans ,[ SDV ] Life Sciences [q-bio] ,MESH: Questionnaires ,DISABILITY ,MESH : Humans ,MESH: Activities of Daily Living ,MESH: Adult ,MESH : Quality-Adjusted Life Years ,MESH: Male ,Quality-adjusted life year ,Global activity limitation indicator ,Life expectancy ,MESH: Europe ,MESH : Activities of Daily Living ,MESH: Female ,METHODOLOGY ,Demography - Abstract
Background The Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI), the measure underlying the European indicator Healthy Life Years (HLY), is widely used to compare population health across countries. However, the comparability of the item has been questioned. This study aims to further validate the GALI in the adult European population. Methods Data from the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS), covering 14 European countries and 152,787 individuals, were used to explore how the GALI was associated with other measures of disability and whether the GALI was consistent or reflected different disability situations in different countries. Results When considering each country separately or all combined, we found that the GALI was significantly associated with measures of activities of daily living, instrumental activity of daily living, and functional limitations (P
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- 2015