OBJECTIVES: Severity and timing are key aspects of disability experience for individuals. They also generate a population's disability structure (prevalence, counts, patterns). We study links among severity, duration, and structure for community-dwelling adults in the US. METHODS: The data source is the National Health Interview Survey Disability Supplement. Disabilities in personal care (ADL), household management… Continue reading Severity, timing, and structure of disability
Keyword: Disabled Persons/statistics & Numerical Data
Spurious inferences about long-term outcomes: the case of severe sepsis and geriatric conditions
RATIONALE: Survivors of critical illness suffer significant limitations and disabilities. OBJECTIVES: Ascertain whether severe sepsis is associated with increased risk of so-called geriatric conditions (injurious falls, low body mass index BMI], incontinence, vision loss, hearing loss, and chronic pain) and whether this association is measured consistently across three different study designs. METHODS: Patients with severe… Continue reading Spurious inferences about long-term outcomes: the case of severe sepsis and geriatric conditions
The role of the built environment and assistive devices for outdoor mobility in later life
Diabetes-related change in physical disability from midlife to older adulthood: evidence from 1996-2003 Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan
One in five older adults in Taiwan have been diagnosed with diabetes. This study drew on disability data for 5121 nationally representative middle-aged and older adults from the 1996-2003 Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan (SHLSET). By employing cohort sequential design and multilevel models, it combined cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence… Continue reading Diabetes-related change in physical disability from midlife to older adulthood: evidence from 1996-2003 Survey of Health and Living Status of the Elderly in Taiwan