Functional disability among older adults in India; a gender perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Older adults are always at a greater risk of physical and functional health challenges. These complications result into morbidity, disability and death making them more vulnerable at later ages. Therefore, this paper will examine the functional health status among older adults and its gender perspective, along with associated risk factors.

Materials and methods

Using the first round of Longitudinal ageing survey of India (2017-18). Functional disability was computed based on general and instrumental activities of daily living (ADL and IADL) (n = 20910). Functional disability was coined with individual having at least one of the limitations of these activities. Applying bivariate and multivariate analysis the present paper studied the association, gender perspect

SUBMITTER: Malik MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9473438 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature