Socio-demographic and lifestyle factors associated with intrinsic capacity among older adults: evidence from India.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since the traditional models missed the possibility of formulating personalised programs centred on a person's priorities and values, it was a pressing priority to shift from traditional disease-centred to a function-based approach of healthy ageing, which is defined as 'the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables well-being in older age'. The present study aimed to assess the prevalence of high intrinsic capacity (IC) of older adults and to examine the socio-demographic and lifestyle factors associated with IC among older adults in India.

Methods

The study utilises the individual-level data from the first wave of the Longitudinal Aging Study in India (LASI) conducted during 2017-18. The total sample size for the present study was

SUBMITTER: Muneera K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9652958 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature