Disability trends among older Americans: National Health And Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1988-1994 and 1999-2004.
OBJECTIVES: We investigated trends in disability among older Americans from 1988 through 2004 to test the hypothesis that more recent cohorts show increased burdens of disability. METHODS: We used data from 2 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (1988-1994 and 1999-2004) to assess time...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 100; no. 1; pp. 100 - 108 |
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American Public Health Association
Jan2010
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=105290517&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 105290517 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00900036 APH jtl: American Journal of Public Health issn: 00900036 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan2010 vid: 100 iid: 1 pid: 44 pub: American Public Health Association place: Washington, District of Columbia artinfo: ui: 105290517 105290517 2010534486 10.2105/AJPH.2008.157388 NLM19910350 105290517 ppf: 100 ppct: 8 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Disability trends among older Americans: National Health And Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1988-1994 and 1999-2004. aug: au: Seeman TE Merkin SS Crimmins EM Karlamangla AS affil: Division of Geriatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, 10945 Le Conte Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. tseeman@mednet.ucla.edu sug: subj: Persons with Disabilities Statistics and Numerical Data Health Status Activities of Daily Living Aged Aged, 80 and Over Body Mass Index Confidence Intervals Data Analysis Software Descriptive Statistics Female Funding Source Health Behavior Human Logistic Regression Male Middle Age Odds Ratio Prevalence Questionnaires Retrospective Design Socioeconomic Factors Two-Tailed Test Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Middle Aged: 45-64 years Female Male ab: OBJECTIVES: We investigated trends in disability among older Americans from 1988 through 2004 to test the hypothesis that more recent cohorts show increased burdens of disability. METHODS: We used data from 2 National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (1988-1994 and 1999-2004) to assess time trends in basic activities of daily living, instrumental activities, mobility, and functional limitations for adults aged 60 years and older. We assessed whether changes could be explained by sociodemographic, body weight, or behavioral factors. RESULTS: With the exception of functional limitations, significant increases in each type of disability were seen over time among respondents aged 60 to 69 years, independent of sociodemographic characteristics, health status, relative weight, and health behaviors. Significantly greater increases occurred among non-Whites and persons who were obese or overweight (2 of the fastest-growing subgroups within this population). We detected no significant trends among respondents aged 70 to 79 years; in the oldest group (aged>or=80 years), time trends suggested lower prevalence of functional limitations among more recent cohorts. CONCLUSIONS: Our results have significant and sobering implications: older Americans face increased disability, and society faces increased costs to meet the health care needs of these disabled Americans. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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