PMID: 8951311Dec 1, 1996Paper

Characterization of older adults who attribute functional decrements to "old age"

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
J D Williamson, L P Fried

Abstract

Understanding the contributors to physical disability in older adults is an important component of the national health objective of expanding disability-free life by the year 2000. The purpose of this study was to determine the frequency with which older adults attribute their difficulty performing a number of common daily tasks to "old age" and to identify specific conditions and diseases associated with this attribution. Finally we sought to determine the characteristics that might differentiate persons able to attribute their disability to specific conditions from those who cite old age as the etiology of their disability. A cross-sectional, observational, study. The Johns Hopkins Functional Status Laboratory. Two hundred thirty community-dwelling volunteers 60 years of age and older who could stand unassisted for > or = 1 minute and who were without cognitive impairment. A 1-day evaluation included physical performance evaluations, both performance-based and self-reported function for 27 tasks, and self-report of physician-diagnosed diseases. Those with difficulty in a task and those who denied difficulty but had changed the method of task performance (modification) because of an underlying health or physical condition were...Continue Reading

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