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Impact of chronic diseases on functional limitations in elderly Chinese aged 70 years and over
— a cross-sectional and longitudinal survey | | Author(s) | J Woo, S C Ho, L M Yu, |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, vol 53A, no 2, March 1998 |
| Pages | pp M102-M106 |
| Keywords | Chronic illness ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Physical disabilities ; Cross sectional surveys ; Longitudinal surveys ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | Participants were some 2000 people aged 70 and over in Hong Kong recruited from recipients of old-age and disability allowance. Information regarding medical condition and functional assessment of 10 basic activities of daily living (ADLs) using the Barthel Index were obtained by personal interviews and physical assessment of respondents in their place of residence. Longitudinal data consisted of 1,334 subjects with no functional limitation at baseline who were alive after 18 months. Functional status was reassessed. After adjusting for age and sex, disease association with severe functional limitation (Barthel Index <15) were dementia, stroke, Parkinson's disease, and fractures. Those associated with mild to moderate functional limitations (Barthel Index 15-19) were the same, with the addition of asthma and diabetes mellitus. The attributable fraction for severe limitation was highest for stroke, dementia and fractures. Stroke and arthritis were identified as diseases predisposing to mild to moderate functional limitation over an 18-month period among those subjects who were independent initially. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010116210 A |
| Classmark | CI: C4: CA: BN: 3KB: 3J: 7DR |
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