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| The impact of physical performance and cognitive status on subsequent ADL disability in low-functioning older adults | | Author(s) | Gertrudis I J M Kempis, Johan Ormel |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 13, no 7, July 1998 |
| Pages | pp 480-483 |
| Keywords | Physical disabilities ; Commercial care ; Mental health [elderly] ; Self care capacity ; Performance ; Correlation ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Data were obtained from a sample of 416 women and 141 men aged 57 years of participants in the Groningen Longitudinal Ageing Study (GLAS), and living in the community and who reported substantial physical limitation. Physical performance and cognitive status were assessed at baseline in 1993. ADL (activities of daily living) disability was assessed at baseline and in two follow-ups in 1994 and 1995. Data were analysed with correlation analyses and linear multiple regressions. Both physical performance and ADL disability at baseline were highly predictive of subsequent ADL disability. Although cognitive status was slightly related to (subsequent) ADL disability, the authors found no independent contributions of cognitive status to subsequent ADL disability. The study concludes that measures of both physical performance and ADL disability may identify older low-functioning adults, who may benefit from interventions to prevent them from further disablement. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980810009 A |
| Classmark | BN: PI: D: CA: 5H: 49: 76H |
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