Risk factors for disability in older persons over 3-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

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 consisted of 897 subjects aged 65-102 years from the InCHIANTI study, a population-based cohort in Tuscany (Italy). Factors potentially associated with high risk of disability were measured at baseline (1998-2000), and disability in ADLs and IADLs were assessed both at baseline and at the 3-year follow-up (2001-03).

Results

the baseline prevalence of ADL disability and IADL disabi

SUBMITTER: Balzi D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2800253 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature