Terminal decline in objective and self-reported measures of motor function before death: 10 year follow-up of Whitehall II cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine multiple objective and self-reported measures of motor function for their associations with mortality.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

UK based Whitehall II cohort study, which recruited participants aged 35-55 years in 1985-88; motor function component was added at the 2007-09 wave.

Participants

6194 participants with motor function measures in 2007-09 (mean age 65.6, SD 5.9), 2012-13, and 2015-16.

Main outcome measures

All cause mortality between 2007 and 2019 in relation to objective measures (walking speed, grip strength, and timed chair rises) and self-reported measures (physical component summary score of the SF-36 and limitations in basic and instrumental activities of daily living (ADL)) of motor function.

Result

SUBMITTER: Landre B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8336001 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature