Diabetes, Heart Disease, and Dementia: National Estimates of Functional Disability Trajectories.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To estimate the associations between diabetes, heart disease, and dementia, which may increase the difficulty of self-care; model functional disability trajectories jointly with attrition (death or dropout) over 5 years.

Design

Population-based complex survey design.

Setting

National Health and Aging Trends Study.

Participants

Community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 and older (N=7,609).

Measurements

National estimates were generated using sampling weights. Sociodemographic characteristics, self-reported physician-diagnosed chronic conditions, six activities of daily living (ADL), and cognitive status were ascertained in annual in-person interviews. A joint model using group-based trajectory modeling was used to estimate the number of

SUBMITTER: MacNeil Vroomen JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5906138 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature