How Are Neighborhood Characteristics Associated With Mental and Physical Functioning Among Older Adults With Radiographic Knee Osteoarthritis?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine how neighborhood characteristics are associated with health outcomes among older adults with osteoarthritis.

Methods

In multilevel, cross-sectional, and longitudinal analyses we examined whether 4 neighborhood characteristics were associated with depressive symptoms and reported knee impact scores, and whether the neighborhood characteristics interacted with race/ethnicity among older adults with radiographic knee osteoarthritis (n = 656 for cross-sectional analyses and n = 434 for longitudinal analyses). The data came from the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project, a prospective cohort study in North Carolina designed to examine risk factors for osteoarthritis.

Results

Although few longitudinal associations were found, cross-sectional results su

SUBMITTER: Kowitt SD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7295685 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature