Gender and incidence of functional disability in the elderly: a systematic review

MAP Rodrigues, LA Facchini, E Thumé… - Cadernos de saude …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
This systematic review aimed to assess the effect of gender on the incidence of functional
disability in the elderly. The search for publications in the MEDLINE, EMBASE, and …

[图书][B] Health, illness, and optimal aging: Biological and psychosocial perspectives

CM Aldwin, H Igarashi, DF Gilmer, MR Levenson - 2017 - books.google.com
Health, Illness, and Optimal Aging: Biological and Psychosocial Perspectives, Third Edition
shows the continuity and advancements in our understanding of human life-span …

Incidence of functional limitation in older adults: the impact of gender, race, and chronic conditions

DD Dunlop, LM Manheim, MW Sohn, X Liu… - Archives of physical …, 2002 - Elsevier
Dunlop DD, Manheim LM, Sohn MW, Liu X, Chang RW. Incidence of functional limitation in
older adults: the impact of gender, race, and chronic conditions. Arch Phys Med Rehabil …

Social networks and disability transitions across eight intervals of yearly data in the New Haven EPESE

CFM De Leon, TA Glass, LA Beckett… - The Journals of …, 1999 - academic.oup.com
Objectives. There is considerable evidence that social networks are strongly related to
survival and other health outcomes. However, findings regarding the effect of social …

Predictors of functional status in older people living at home.

F Béland, MV Zunzunegui - Age and ageing, 1999 - academic.oup.com
OBJECTIVE: to describe changes in functional status of community-dwelling Spanish elderly
people, followed for 2 years, and to identify socio-demographic and health characteristics …

New methods for analyzing active life expectancy

SB Laditka, DA Wolf - Journal of Aging and Health, 1998 - journals.sagepub.com
The increment-decrement life-table methods used in several recent analyses of active life
expectancy depend on parameters representing rates of movement between functional …

Newly reported chronic conditions and onset of functional dependency

JL Wolff, C Boult, C Boyd… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives: To examine the relationship between newly reported chronic conditions and
subsequent functional dependency in older adults. Design: Three‐year cohort study. Setting …

The burden and patterns of disability in activities of daily living among community-living older persons

TM Gill, B Kurland - The Journals of Gerontology Series A …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
Background. The onset of disability in activities of daily living (ADLs) is considered a sentinel
event in the life of an older person, but recent evidence suggests that newly disabled elders …

Functional performance and exercise of older adults in long-term care settings

B Resnick - Journal of gerontological nursing, 2000 - journals.healio.com
Performing functional activities and exercising are important for older adults living in long-
term care settings. Participation in these activities not only improves and maintains function …

Life at the extreme limit: phenotypic characteristics of supercentenarians in Okinawa

DC Willcox, BJ Willcox, NC Wang, Q He… - The Journals of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background. As elite representatives of the rapidly increasing “oldest-old” population,
centenarians have become an important model population for understanding human aging …