Stroke-associated differences in rates of activity of daily living loss emerge years before stroke onset.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare typical age-related changes in activities of daily living (ADLs) independence in stroke-free adults with long-term ADL trajectories before and after stroke.

Design

Prospective, observational study.

Setting

Community-dwelling Health and Retirement Study (HRS) cohort.

Participants

HRS participants who were stroke free in 1998 and were followed through 2008 (average follow-up 7.9 years) (N = 18,441).

Measurements

Strokes were assessed using self- or proxy-report of a doctor's diagnosis and month and year of event. Logistic regression was used to compare within-person changes in odds of self-reported independence in five ADLs in those who remained stroke free throughout follow-up (n = 16,816), those who survived a stroke (n = 1,208), an

SUBMITTER: Capistrant BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4312665 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature