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| Mental ability age 11 years and health status age 77 years | | Author(s) | John M Starr, Ian J Deary, Helen Lemmon |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 29, no 6, November 2000 |
| Pages | pp 523-528 |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Physical disabilities ; Health [elderly] ; Children ; Over 70s ; Longitudinal surveys ; Scotland. |
| Annotation | The effects of childhood mental ability on health in old age was measured in survivors of the 1932 Scottish Mental Survey cohort from north-east Scotland. Measurements used were: presence of disease by diagnostic category; cardiovascular, respiratory, anthropomorphic, sensory and locomotor physiological variables; Barthel index of functional independence; socio-demographic and socio-economic variables as health status predictors; and score on the Moray House Test (MHT) in 1932. The data obtained confirm that health in older people is a multi-dimensional construct. Dimensions of diagnosis, physiological functions and disability related to different current and "pre-morbid" variables. Socio-economic and socio-environmental factors are important determinants of some aspects of inequalities of health in old age in this cohort. Pre-morbid mental ability was an important independent predictor of late-life functional independence. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010126205 A |
| Classmark | D: BN: CC: SBC: BBK: 3J: 9A |
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