Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Functional Well-being in Community-Living Older Persons.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Neighborhood disadvantage is a novel social determinant of health that could adversely affect the functional well-being of older persons. Deficiencies in resource-poor environments can potentially be addressed through social and public health interventions.

Objective

To evaluate whether estimates of active and disabled life expectancy differ on the basis of neighborhood disadvantage after accounting for individual-level socioeconomic characteristics and other prognostic factors.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective longitudinal cohort study included 754 nondisabled community-living persons, aged 70 years or older, who were members of the Precipitating Events Project in south central Connecticut from March 1998 to June 2020.

Main outcomes an

SUBMITTER: Gill TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8383163 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature