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| Social networks and disability transitions across eight intervals of yearly data in the New Haven EPESE | | Author(s) | Carlos F Mendes de Leon, Thomas A Glass, Laurel A Beckett |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 54B, no 3, May 1999 |
| Pages | pp S162-172 |
| Keywords | Social contacts ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Physical disabilities ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | There is considerable evidence that social networks are strongly related to survival and other health outcomes. This US study examines this relationship with respect to the risk of developing disability and recovering from disability. Data come from the New Haven site of the Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE). People aged 65+ were interviewed annually between 1982 and 1991. Disability was measured by a 6-item index of activities of daily living (ADL) and a 3-item Rosow-Breslau index, with disability defined as impairment in one or more tasks on each measure. Total social networks was associated with a significantly reduced risk of developing ADL disability, and a significantly increased likelihood of ADL recovery. Emotional and instrumental support did not affect the protective effect of social networks against disability, but partially accounted for their effect on enhanced recovery. Network variables related to relatives and friends were significantly associated with disability and recovery risks, but those related to children or a confidant were not. The findings lend further support for the role of social relationships in important health outcomes in old age. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990826233 A |
| Classmark | TOA: CA: C4: BN: 3J: 7T |
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