Risk Factors for Disability Subtypes in Older Persons
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Risk factors for disability in older persons over 3-year follow-up.
BACKGROUND the identification of modifiable risk factors for preventing disability in older individuals is essential for planning preventive strategies. PURPOSE to identify cross-sectional correlates of disability and risk factors for the development activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL (IADL) disability in community-dwelling older adults. METHODS the study population consi...
متن کاملPersonality and incident disability in older persons.
OBJECTIVE to examine the relation of personality to the development of disability in old age. METHODS participants are 813 older Catholic nuns, priests and brothers without dementia or disability at study onset. As part of a uniform baseline evaluation, they completed standard measures of the five principal dimensions of personality. Disability was assessed at baseline and annually thereafter...
متن کاملPrevalence burn injuries and risk factors in persons older the 15 years in Urmia burn center in Iran
Background: Burn injuries in many respects is the most tragic that a person may experience. The purpose of this study was to know the burn casualties prevalence in people over 15 years old to identify the risk and predisposing factors in the province of west Azarbaijan of Iran. Methods: This cross-sectional study was performed from March 2008 to March 2010. The demographic and epidemiologic inf...
متن کاملGender gap in longevity and disability in older persons.
Today, a woman has an excellent chance of surviving well into her 80s and, for those who survive to age 85 years, the remaining average life expectancy is an additional 6 years. Therefore, most women who reach age 85 can expect to pass age 90 (1). Life expectancy varies throughout the lifespan. The gap between men and women is actually largest at younger ages and gets smaller with increasing ag...
متن کاملSignificance of antinuclear factors in older persons.
Antibodies to a variety of tissues and tissue extracts have been demonstrated in the serum of older persons (Goudie, Anderson, and Gray, 1959; Irvine, 1965). The occurrence of antinuclear factors (ANF) in the ageing has been pointed out by Beck (1963) and Litwin and Singer (1965). These studies, however, have dealt with populations composed of both well and sick individuals and have not related...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0002-8614,1532-5415
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02443.x