the reliability of responses among persons age ≥50 to questions on the 1999 BRFSS questionnaire addressing two colorectal cancer testing procedures, fecal occult blood test (FOBT), and sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy (endoscopy), based on responses of 868 persons who responded to a callback survey. ...
and morbidity among adults. By collecting behavioral health risk data at the state and local level, BRFSS has become a powerful tool for targeting and building health promotion activities. As a result, BRFSS users have increasingly demanded more data and asked for more questions on the survey. ...
it’s um *clears throat* the largest telephone survey in the world and it’s gotta lotta uses, here’s a list neato. state health departments perform the actual data collection (according to a nationally-standardized protocol and a core set of questions), then forward all responses to th...
Health Policy and Exercise: A Brief BRFSS Study and Recommendations The Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey is used to compare three predictors of self-rated health, specifically exercise, tobacco smoking, and a diag... JS Larson,M Winn - 《Health Promot Pract》...
The dependent variable was the presence of cardiovascular disease (yes/no). This was determined by an affirmative response to either of the posed questions in the BRFSS survey: “Has a doctor, nurse, or other health professional ever told you that you had a heart attack, also called a myoca...
BRFSS survey responses differed from focus group responses to the same questions. Two participants reported providing care in the past two years on the survey; in discussions, 21 participants reported providing care in the past two years. Interpretations of BRFSS terminology varied greatly. Differences...
What are the specific disability and limitation types underlying responses to the BRFSS disability questions?BRFSSLimitationsDisabilityConditionsBackground: Researchers rely on resources such as BRFSS data to understand the health status of people with disability. However, the survey data rely on a ...
Results The study sample consisted of 8,051 adults aged 60 years and greater who responded to questions about adverse childhood experiences. The study sample comprised 53% women, 83% Caucasian patients, and had a mean age of 70.4 years. After controlling for age, sex, and race, depression ...
survey [16]. During years 2016 to 2019, The Ohio BRFSS included lifetime history of TBI optional module, an adapted version of the Ohio State University TBI Identification Method (OSU TBI-ID) [17]. We included non-institutionalized adults ≥18 years who completed the core component questions ...