Functional trajectories before and after a new cancer diagnosis among community-dwelling older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To characterize functional trajectories in the year before and after a new cancer diagnosis among older adults and to identify risk factors for worsening disability post-diagnosis.

Methods

We identified 170 participants 70+ years with monthly assessments of thirteen basic, instrumental, and mobility activities and with a new cancer diagnosis from 1998 to 2014. A group-based trajectory model identified distinct functional trajectories based on a total disability score during the twelve months pre- and post-diagnosis. We evaluated associations between potential risk factors at the time of cancer diagnosis and worsening disability post-diagnosis, explored functional transitions from pre- to post-diagnosis and identified participants whose functional trajectories wors

SUBMITTER: Presley CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6526705 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature