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| A race and gender specific replication of five dimensions of functional limitation and disability | | Author(s) | Daniel O Clark, Timothy E Stump, Fredric D Wolinsky |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 9, no 1,, February 1997 |
| Pages | pp 28-42 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Self care capacity ; White people ; Black people ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In this study, activity of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL (IADL) data from the 1989 national Long-Term Care Survey (NLTCS), United States (US), were used to replicate two domains of functional status with a total of five dimensions among them. LISREL (LInear Structural RELationships) analysis of the 14,415 black and white older adults obtained from the 1989 NLTCS study replicates three ADL disability dimensions (basic, household, and advanced) with few modifications, except among black older men. Similarly, analysis of the 4,297 black and white disabled older adults replicates five functional status dimensions (3 ADL disability dimensions, and lower- and upper-body functional limitation dimensions) with few modifications, except among black older men. The results suggest that improved understanding of functional status will occur from studies that take into consideration the differences between functional limitation and ADL disability. The authors conclude that further research is needed on the validity of functional reports among black men. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980407208 A |
| Classmark | C4: CA: TKA: TKE: 3J: 7T |
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