Americans Aging with Disabilities Are More Likely to Have Multiple Chronic Conditions

Brucker, Debra L.; Lauer, Eric A.; Boege, Sarah

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“…These findings may reflect the vulnerabilities persons with disabilities felt during this health crisis. Many persons with disabilities have concurrent chronic health conditions (Brucker et al, 2023), which increase the risk of severe disease from COVID-19 (CDC, 2020), and thus persons with disabilities may have experienced more COVID-related psychological distress than others. The economic effects of the pandemic may have been disproportionately felt by this population as well, increasing the prevalence of psychological distress given changes in employment that have been noted elsewhere (Kessler Foundation & University of New Hampshire, 2021).…”

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Mental health experiences in 2021 for adults with disabilities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

Brucker¹,

Surfus²,

Henly³

2023

Rehabilitation Psychology

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Purpose/Objective: Examine the prevalence of mental health issues, receipt of mental health treatment, and self-reported unmet need for mental health treatment among U.S. adults with and without disabilities by lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) status during the pandemic. Research Method/Design: Logistic regression and predicted probabilities using nationally representative, cross-sectional, household survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau's weekly Household Pulse Survey conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic (July 21, 2021-October 11, 2021. Results: Controlling for age, educational attainment, employment, health insurance coverage, and race/ethnicity, adults with disabilities, regardless of LGBT status, had statistically significantly increased odds of having mental health issues, receiving mental health treatment, and reporting the unmet need for mental health treatment compared to adults without disabilities who were not LGBT. Adjusted rates of receipt of mental treatment ranged from a low of 9% for persons without disabilities who were not LGBT to 27% for persons with disabilities who were LGBT, a gap of 18 percentage points. An even larger percentage point gap (22 percentage points) was noted in the unmet need for treatment between persons without disabilities who were not LGBT (9%) and persons with disabilities who were LGBT (31%). Conclusions/Implications: These results highlight the need for expansions of the mental health service delivery system in the United States as well as a prioritization of accessibility and inclusiveness practices. Impact and ImplicationsIn 2021, U.S. adults with disabilities who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) experienced worse mental health and had higher levels of unmet need for mental health treatment than adults without disabilities who did not identify as LGBT. The mental health service delivery system in the United States needs to expand access to accessible and inclusive mental health treatment.

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Mental health experiences in 2021 for adults with disabilities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

Brucker¹,

Surfus²,

Henly³

2023

Rehabilitation Psychology

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“…[18][19][20][21][22][23] These studies encompassed investigations into the health status of older adults, the prevalence of chronic diseases, disabilities, and healthcare accessibility. 24 Furthermore, some studies delve into the impact of traditional Thai cultural norms on family support, intergenerational relationships, and social inclusion. [25][26][27] Additionally, the study evaluates the financial well-being of older adults, which includes income sources, retirement savings, and access to social security and pensions.…”

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Demographic related quality of life of the aging population in Thailand

Ratmanee,

Tongkumchum

2023

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Thailand has a substantial elderly population, around one-sixth of its total populace, and ranks second among ASEAN countries. Remarkably, Thailand is the first developing nation to transition into a fully-fledged "Aged Society". This study aimed to assess the quality of life (QoL) of aging in Thailand and explore the demographic factors that affect it. Methods: The QoL and the demographic data of 15,600 adults aged 60 years and over were obtained from Regional Health (RH), Ministry of Public Health, and Thailand. The WHOQOL-BREF instrument in Thai was used to assess aging QoL. Outcome measures included WHOQOL-BREF's four domains (physical health, psychological, social relationships, and environmental scores. Cronbach’s coefficient assessed the reliability of the questionnaire. The relationships between QoL gender-age group, years, and RHs were investigated using multiple regression. The overall Cronbach’s coefficient of the WHOQOL-BREF questionnaire was 0.94 and Cronbach`s alpha was 0.67, 0.81, 0.72, and 0.87, respectively. Results: The scores of different gender-age groups, years, and RHs significantly differed in the four domains. The younger age for both sexes scored highest in physical, psychological, and environmental domains but not for the youngest females in social relationships. Years show a slight increase in the three domains but not the physical domain. Aging from RH 1-3 had the highest scores for all domains. The WHOQOL-BREF was reliable in the assessment of the QoL of the aging Thai population. Conclusions: To cope with the influencing demographic factors of the QOL, health authorities should support the aging population, especially the oldest physical health.

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Americans Aging with Disabilities Are More Likely to Have Multiple Chronic Conditions

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Mental health experiences in 2021 for adults with disabilities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

Mental health experiences in 2021 for adults with disabilities who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.

Demographic related quality of life of the aging population in Thailand

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