Community mobility among older adults with reduced kidney function: a study of life-space.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Life-Space Assessment captures community mobility and social participation and quantifies the distance, frequency, and independence obtained as an older adult moves through his or her environment. Reduced estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is associated with decline in activities of daily living among older adults, but less is known about the association of eGFR with restrictions in mobility.

Study design

Prospective observational cohort study.

Setting & participants

Community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries from the University of Alabama at Birmingham Study of Aging who had serum creatinine measured during a baseline in-home study visit and completed at least one telephone follow-up (N = 390).

Predictor

eGFR ≥ 60, 45-59, and <45 mL/min/1.73

SUBMITTER: Bowling CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3943884 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature