Journal article
Population attributable risk for functional disability associated with chronic conditions in Canadian older adults
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: to investigate the population impact on functional disability of chronic conditions individually and in combination.
METHODS: data from 9,008 community-dwelling individuals aged 65 and older from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA) were used to estimate the population attributable risk (PAR) for chronic conditions after adjusting for confounding variables. Functional disability was measured using activity of daily living …
Authors
Griffith L; Raina P; Wu H; Zhu B; Stathokostas L
Journal
Age and Ageing, Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 738–745
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
November 1, 2010
DOI
10.1093/ageing/afq105
ISSN
0002-0729
Associated Experts
Fields of Research (FoR)
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Activities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overAgingArthritisCanadaChronic DiseaseCognition DisordersDisability EvaluationPersons with DisabilitiesFemaleFoot DiseasesHeart DiseasesHousing for the ElderlyHumansMalePublic HealthResidence CharacteristicsRisk FactorsSurveys and QuestionnairesVision Disorders