Predictors of decline in IADL functioning among older survivors following the Great East Japan earthquake: A prospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We described associations between the type of disaster experience and change in instrumental activities of daily living among older adult survivors before-after a terrible disaster.

Methods

The study took advantage of a "natural experiment" afforded by the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES), a nationwide cohort study established in 2010, seven months prior to the earthquake and tsunami. A follow-up survey was conducted in 2013. This study was conducted in Iwanuma, which was directly struck by tsunami. Our sample comprised community-dwelling aged survivors in Iwanuma who responded to questions about personal circumstances and functional status both before and after the disaster (N = 3547). Personal experiences of earthquake and tsunami damage was used

SUBMITTER: Tsuboya T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5373851 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature