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| Gender differences in the comparison of self-reported disability and performance measures | | Author(s) | Susan S Merrill, Teresa E Seeman, Stanislav V Kasl |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological sciences and medical sciences, vol 52A, no 1, January 1997 |
| Pages | pp M19-M26 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Physical disabilities ; Older men ; Older women ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Gender differences in functioning, such as activities of daily living (ADL) among older people have been well documented, with women consistently reporting more functional problems than men. Differential reporting of functional problems by men and women may contribute to this observed difference. The purpose of this study was to examine the gender differences in functional ability by comparing self-reported function to observed performance of physical tasks in 1458 men and women aged 71 years and over from the New Haven site of the Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Study of the Elderly (EPESE). Results revealed that more women than men reported disability and functional limitation, and women had poorer performance scores for every task. Self-reports of function were accurate for the majority of men and women. However, among those who inaccurately reported function, more men than women underreported disability, and more women than men overreported disability. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971125205 A |
| Classmark | C4: CA: BN: BC: BD: 7T |
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