Demographic, socioeconomic, and social barriers to use of mobility assistive products: a multistate analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cross-sectional evidence suggests that access to essential mobility assistive products (MAPs) might be dependent on non-clinical factors. However, MAP use is better understood as a dynamic process wherein individuals pass through different states of MAP need and use. We aimed to test associations of demographic, socioeconomic, and social factors with transitions between MAP need and use states.

Methods

For this multistate modelling study, data were drawn from 13 years (May, 2006, to July, 2019) of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a prospective cohort study. We included respondents aged 50-89 years who participated in at least two waves of data collection. We used multistate models to examine associations of demographic, socioeconomic, and social factors,

SUBMITTER: Danemayer J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11973444 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature