期刊
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
卷 66, 期 11, 页码 1258-1263出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glr122
关键词
African Americans; Mobility; Health disparities; Late-life function
资金
- National Institute on Aging [1R01-AG 24108-01A1]
- National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities [P60MD000214-01)]
Background. This study identified demographic and health-related characteristics that were related to mobility limitation in a sample of community-dwelling African Americans. Methods. The sample consisted of 602 community-dwelling African-American men and women ages 48-92 years at study inception. Participants who reported being limited a lot or a little in climbing one flight of stairs or walking several blocks were considered to have mobility limitation. Logistic regression was conducted to estimate the independent effect of each demographic and health-related characteristic on odds of mobility limitation. Results. African Americans who reported two or more medical conditions had higher odds of mobility limitation (women: odds ratio = 3.52; 95% confidence interval: 1.89-6.53 and men: odds ratio = 2.53; 95% confidence interval: 1.10-5.85) than those who reported one or fewer medical conditions. African Americans with major depressive symptoms had higher odds of mobility limitation (women: odds ratio = 2.98; 95% confidence interval: 1.55-5.71 and men: odds ratio = 3.19; 95% confidence interval: 1.33-7.65) than those without major depressive symptoms. Conclusions. These results highlight the importance of creating interventions particularly focused on chronic disease prevention and management for African American men and women during midlife to attempt to delay the onset or impede the progression of mobility problems that will likely become exacerbated in late life and severely affect the quality of life.
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