Landré, Benjamin;
Gil-Salcedo, Andres;
Jacob, Louis;
Schnitzler, Alexis;
Dugravot, Aline;
Sabia, Séverine;
Singh-Manoux, Archana;
(2022)
The role of age, sex, and multimorbidity in 7-year change in prevalence of limitations in adults 60-94 years.
Scientific Reports
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, Article 18270. 10.1038/s41598-022-23053-8.
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Abstract
Recent data suggest a temporal trend in decline in functional limitations in older adults but whether this trend extends to the period after the 8th decade of life remains unclear. We examined change in prevalence of limitations in activities and instrumental activities of daily living (ADL and IADL) between 2008 and 2015 among adults of 60-94 years and the role of age, sex, multimorbidity; we also examined changes in severity of limitations. Data were drawn from two nationally representative surveys in 2008 (n = 13,593) and 2015 (n = 13,267). The 6-item scales of ADL and IADL were each categorized first as ≥ 1 limitations, and then to examine severity as 0, 1-2, and ≥ 3 limitations. Weighted logistic and multinomial regressions were used to estimate prevalence of limitations; the difference between surveys were extracted every 5 years between 60 and 90 years. The prevalence of ≥ 1 ADL declined between 2008 and 2015, from age 75 (- 1.2%; 95%CI = - 2.0, - 0.4%) to age 90 (- 8.8%; 95%CI = - 12.7, - 5.0%). This decline was more pronounced in men than women (p-value for interaction = 0.05) and observed primarily in those with multimorbidity (p-value for interaction = 0.06). Up to 2 ADL limitations declined from age 75 (- 1.0; 95%CI = - 1.7, - 0.3) to 90 (- 6.7; 95%CI = - 9.9, - 3.6) and from age 80 (- 0.6; 95%CI = - 1.1, 0.1) to 85 (- 1.2; 95%CI = - 2.2, - 0.1) for ≥ 3 ADL limitations. There was no substantial change in IADL limitations. These data from a high-income country with universal health care show improvement in ADL even after the 8th decade of life despite increase in multimorbidity.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | The role of age, sex, and multimorbidity in 7-year change in prevalence of limitations in adults 60-94 years |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-022-23053-8 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-23053-8 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| Keywords: | Male, Humans, Female, Aged, Child, Aged, 80 and over, Multimorbidity, Activities of Daily Living, Prevalence, Surveys and Questionnaires |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry > Mental Health of Older People |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10158886 |
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