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| Morbidity and comorbidity among Great Lakes American Indians: predictors of functional ability | | Author(s) | Elizabeth E Chapleski, Peter A Lichtenberg, Jeffrey W Dwyer |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 37, no 5, October 1997 |
| Pages | pp 588-597 |
| Keywords | Native Americans ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Ill health ; Chronic illness ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This article explores patterns of morbidity and comorbidity and their ability to predict functional disability among American Indian older people, using data from a sample of urban, rural, off-reservation, and reservation Great Lakes American Indians aged 55 years and older. Higher rates are reported of a number of chronic illnesses than found in overall samples of older people in the United States (US). Results of multiple regression analyses predicting Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) and Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) show age to be a consistent predictor of functional disabilities. The CMI (Index of Comorbidity) was found to be a more useful predictor of functional disability than was the simple summation of the number of chronic illnesses. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980429404 A |
| Classmark | TKH: C4: CA: CH: CI: 7T |
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