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Social predictors of recovery in late middle-aged and older persons after injury to the extremities
— a prospective study | | Author(s) | Gertrudis I J M Kempen, Winnie Scaf-Klomp, Adelita V Ranchor |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 4, July 2001 |
| Pages | pp S229-S236 |
| Keywords | Injuries ; Middle aged ; Rehabilitation ; Age groups [elderly] ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The impact of educational level and social support on short- and long-term recovery of activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental ADLs (IADLs) after injuries to the extremities was examined in a prospective study of late middle-aged and older people. Participants were 171 patients from the Groningen Longitudinal Ageing Study (GLAS), who had sustained fall-related injuries (fractures, strains and dislocations). Disability scores were collected at baseline (before the injury), and 2, 5 and 12 months after the injury. Analysis of variance was used to assess possible differences between 3 levels of education and social support with respect to changes in disability scores from baseline. Pre-injury assessed educational level or social support did not play a role in short-term changes in disability. In the long term, recovery was significantly associated with social support. Those with higher levels of support had a better recovery. However, social support began to influence recovery only when the impact of the injury's severity had expired. Encouragement and special attention given by health professionals to maintain social support may be beneficial for rehabilitation after fall-related injuries in older people. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010814210 A |
| Classmark | CU: SE: LM: BB: 76H |
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