2016
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-016-0160-8
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Disability and all-cause mortality in the older population: evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Abstract: Despite the vast body of literature studying disability and mortality, evidence to support their association is scarce. This work investigates the role of disability in explaining all‐cause mortality among individuals aged 50+ who participated in the English Longitudinal Study of Aging. The aim is to explain the gender paradox in health and mortality by analysing whether the association of disability with mortality differs between women and men. Disability was conceived following the International Classificati… Show more

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“…The relationship of each one of the three independent variables with survival time, in isola- tion, is evidenced through the surveys on elderly people resident in the community [29][30][31] . The original study of the phenotype of frailty presented the syndrome in its biological context and differentiated it from disability and multimorbidity, in a group of elderly people resident in the community.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The relationship of each one of the three independent variables with survival time, in isola- tion, is evidenced through the surveys on elderly people resident in the community [29][30][31] . The original study of the phenotype of frailty presented the syndrome in its biological context and differentiated it from disability and multimorbidity, in a group of elderly people resident in the community.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Among the prediction model, the Barthel index, which measures performance in activities of daily living, can be used to represent general condition and disease severity, and it is one of the important factors in prognosis prediction. For patients with chronic illness, the Barthel index result can be affected by patients' frailty [11,12] and disability, which correlate with mortality [13]. On the other hand, it could be the severity of the acute illness which is responsible for the admission.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Physical function is usually evaluated with instruments measuring activities of daily living, but different instruments exist 48,49 . Impaired physical function may lead to disability, institutionalization, mortality and poor health-related quality of life 5,50 .…”
Section: Frailty and Physical Fitnessmentioning
confidence: 99%