Impairments in Individual Autonomous Living Tasks and Time to Self-Care Disability in Middle-Aged and Older Adults

Impairments in specific tasks that are necessary for independent living may identify future self-care limitations, and the use of time-varying covariates can better capture the fluidity in functional capacity trajectories over time. The purpose of this study was to determine the associations between individual instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) impairments and time to activities of daily living (ADL) disability for middle-aged and older adults in the United States.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - November 28, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Ryan P. McGrath, Brian C. Clark, Kristine M. Erlandson, Stephen D. Herrmann, Brenda M. Vincent, Orman T. Hall, Kyle J. Hackney Tags: Original Study Source Type: research