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Predictors of physical function among the oldest old
— a comparison of three outcome variables in a 24-year follow-up | | Author(s) | Marti G Parker, Mats Thorslund, Olle Lundberg |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 8, no 3, August 1996 |
| Pages | pp 444-460 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Cerebrovascular diseases ; Tobacco smoking ; Education ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | A number of research studies have examined predictors of physical function in older people, with differing results. This study measured physical function in nationally representative sample of people aged 77 to 98 in Sweden, drawn from the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old (SWEOLD). Three measures of function ( activities of daily living (ADL), an index of mobility, and performance tests) were used as outcomes and analysed in relation to variables gathered in a survey in 1968. Variables included education, mobility, smoking and circulation problems. The study found that all four variables predicted some limitations in physical function in older age, however, different patterns of predictors were found for the three outcome measures. All three outcomes were associated with age, education and previous circulation problems. ADL limitations were associated with poor previous mobility and smoking; mobility limitations were also associated with gender and smoking. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980116407 A |
| Classmark | C4: CA: CQ5: ETT: V: 3J: 76P |
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