Abstract Background GALI or Global Activity Limitation Indicator is a global survey
instrument measuring participation restriction. GALI is the measure underlying the European …

Background Social differentials in disability prevalence exist in all European countries, but
their scale varies markedly. To improve understanding of this variation, the article focuses on …

Background Compared to men, women live longer but have more years with disability. We
assessed the contribution of gender differences in mortality and disability, total and by …

Background The purpose of this study is to compare the ability of the Global Activity
Limitation Indicator (GALI) and self-rated health (SRH) to predict all-cause mortality in the …

Depuis une trentaine d'années, face à l'allongement de l'espérance de vie, chercheurs et
acteurs de santé publique s' interrogent sur les répercussions attendues sur la santé: gagne …

Objective: The objective of this article is to study to what extent European variations in
differentials in disability by education level are associated to variation in poverty. Method …

There is a considerable body of scientific knowledge about factors associated with self‐rated
health (SRH), a common measure of health status. However, less is known about the factors …

The objectives were to estimate disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) and life expectancy
with disability (DLE) by gender for the 100 French départements (administrative …

Aims: To investigate the development of healthy life expectancy from 65 years (HLE65) in
Sweden in the period 1980 and 2010 by using two different health indicators: self-rated …

European women live longer, but they experience more old age-related disability than men.
Disability is related to social factors, among which is poverty, through various pathways …