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Disability as a function of social networks and support in elderly African Americans and Whites
— the Duke EPESE 1986-1992 | | Author(s) | Carlos F Mendes de Leon, Deborah T Gold, Thomas A Glass |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 3, May 2001 |
| Pages | pp S179-S190 |
| Keywords | White people ; Black people ; Physical disabilities ; Personal relationships ; Social contacts ; Informal care ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data for this analysis came from the North Carolina (Piedmont) site of the Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) project, comprising a sample of 4,136 African Americans and Whites aged 65+. Disability data were collected at 7 consecutive yearly intervals. Network size and social interaction showed significant negative associations with disability risks, which did not vary by race, or as a function of time. Social interaction with friends was associated with a reduced risk for disability, but social interaction with children or relatives was not related to disability. Instrumental support was associated with a significantly increased disability risk, with greater adverse effect among White than African Americans. Emotional support was not associated with disability, but a protective effect for activities of daily living (ADL) disability was found after controlling for its intercorrelation with instrumental support. The findings provide further evidence for the role of social relationships in the disablement process, although not all types of such relationships may be equally beneficial. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010711212 A |
| Classmark | TKA: TKE: BN: DS: TOA: P6: 3J: 7T |
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