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© 1990 Oxford University Press

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Angina among Elderly People Relationship with Disability

NORMAN J. VETTER and DIANE FORD

University of Wales College of Medicine, Research Team for the Care of the Elderly, St David's Hospital, Cowbridge Road, Cardiff CF1 9TZPresent address: Dr N. J. Vetter, Welsh School of Pharmacy, University of Wales, PO Box 13, Cardiff CF1 3XF.

A postal questionnaire was sent to 2705 people aged 60 and over requesting information about anginal symptoms, their degree of disability and dependency and the use they made of community services.Those with angina showed marked degrees of disability and dependency and used some services to a considerable extent.Postal questionnaires are a satisfactory screening device for identifying individuals at risk and can assist practitioners in organizing their workload for patients with disabling conditions.

Revision received June 12, 1989.
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