Functional Impairment and Decline in Middle Age: A Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Difficulties with daily functioning are common in middle-aged adults. However, little is known about the epidemiology or clinical course of these problems, including the extent to which they share common features with functional impairment in older adults.

Objective

To determine the epidemiology and clinical course of functional impairment and decline in middle age.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

The Health and Retirement Study.

Participants

6874 community-dwelling adults aged 50 to 56 years who did not have functional impairment at enrollment.

Measurements

Impairment in activities of daily living (ADLs), defined as self-reported difficulty performing 1 or more ADLs, assessed every 2 years for a maximum follow-up of 20 years, and impairme

SUBMITTER: Brown RT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5716833 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature