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Cohabitation status and onset of disability among older Danes
— is social participation a possible mediator? | | Author(s) | Charlotte Juul Nilsson, Rikke Lund, Kirsten Avlund |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 20, no 2, March 2008 |
| Pages | pp 235-253 |
| Source | http://www.sagepublications.com |
| Keywords | Marital status ; Physical disabilities ; Self care capacity ; Participation ; Comparison ; Longitudinal surveys ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | The effect of cohabitation status on older men and women is investigated in respect of: onset of disability at 3-year and 4.5-year follow-up; and changes to functional ability between 3-year and 4.5-year follow-up. The study also analyses whether the effect was mediated by social participation. 2533 non-disabled older men and women enrolled in the Danish Intervention Study on Preventive Home Visits constituted the study population. Data were collected by postal questionnaires in 1998-1999, 2000, 2001-2002 and 2003. Living alone significantly increased the risk of onset of disability and the risk of sustained poor functional disability among men, but not among single women living alone. Social participation mediated only a small part of the effect of cohabitation status on functional ability. These results underline the importance of cohabitation or marriage for older men maintaining a high functional ability. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080411203 A |
| Classmark | SLM: BN: CA: TMB: 48: 3J: 76K |
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