Factors Associated With Insidious and Noninsidious Disability.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although disability is often precipitated by an illness/injury, it may arise insidiously. Our objectives were to identify the factors associated with the development of insidious and noninsidious disability and to determine whether these risk factors differ between the two types of disability.

Methods

We prospectively evaluated 754 community-living persons, 70+ years, from 1998 to 2016. The unit of analysis was an 18-month person-interval, with risk factors assessed at the start of each interval. Disability in four activities of daily living and exposure to intervening events, defined as illnesses/injuries leading to hospitalization, emergency department visits, or restricted activity, were assessed each month. Insidious and noninsidious disability were defined ba

SUBMITTER: Gill TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7566549 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature