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Long-standing and limiting long-standing illness in older people
— associations with chronic diseases, psychosocial and environmental factors | | Author(s) | Salma Ayis, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Shah Ebrahim |
| Corporate Author | Health Service Research Collaboration, Medical Research Council - MRC |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 32, no 3, May 2003 |
| Pages | pp 265-272 |
| Keywords | Ill health ; Long term ; Acute illness ; Chronic illness ; Mental health [elderly] ; Physical environment ; Correlation. |
| Annotation | Findings based on the 999 adults aged 65+ in the ESRC/MRC HSRC Quality of Life survey indicate that more than 60% of people aged 65+ are affected by long-standing illness, and 40% by limiting long-standing illness. Those affected were two to three times more likely to have circulatory and musculoskeletal problems than those not affected. Psychological, social and environmental factors were independently associated with long-standing illness and limiting long-standing illness after adjustment was made for common diseases. The importance of considering a wide range of domains of human experience in the causes of limitations in society is emphasised. The currently dominant disease oriented view is insufficient to explain people's reported long-standing illness and limiting long-standing illness. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030602203 A |
| Classmark | CH: 4Q: CHA: CI: D: R: 49 |
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