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Short term change in physical function and disability
— the Women's Health and Aging Study | | Author(s) | Carlos F Mendes de Leon, Jack M Guralnik, Karen Bandeen-Roche |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 57B, no 6, November 2002 |
| Pages | pp S355-S365 |
| Keywords | Older women ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Physical disabilities ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Data from 93 of the 102 American women aged 65+ who participated in the Weekly Substudy of the Women's Health and Aging Study (WHAS) were used to explore the association of changes in physical function with disability. The WHAS Substudy included 24 weekly assessments of three standard performance tests and self-reported disability in activities of daily living (ADLs) and basic mobility. Small but significant changes in ADL and mobility disability were found during weekly follow-up. Baseline performance scores were significantly associated with both ADL and mobility disability, accounting for 27% and 36% of the between-person variability in each type of disability, respectively. Basic physical function accounts for a substantial proportion of the heterogeneity in ADL and mobility disability in older disabled women, but have a relatively small impact on short-term changes in either type of disability. Effective prevention of disability may require attention to a wider array of risk factors than just limitations in basic physical functions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-021216270 A |
| Classmark | BD: CA: C4: BN: 3J: 7T |
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