Age and functional health status
ResearchPublished 1989
This paper examines the relationship between age and functional health status in two cross-sectional studies: (1) a random household sample of 2,008 adults, and (2) a sample of 1,227 ambulatory patients in northern New England. Results reveal diminished and more variable physical functioning, role functioning, and perceived health in older age groups, particularly those groups age 50 and older. Emotional functioning, however, tended to be better in older age groups. The association between physical and emotional functioning was strongest in older age groups. However, decrements in functional health status occurred selectively among older individuals with many of the elderly scoring as well as the average young adult on the measures of physical, role, and emotional functioning.
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- Year: 1989
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Nelson, Eugene C., Ron D. Hays, Sharon B. Arnold, Kent Kwoh, and Cathy D. Sherbourne, Age and functional health status, RAND Corporation, P-7570, 1989. As of September 20, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7570.html
Nelson, Eugene C., Ron D. Hays, Sharon B. Arnold, Kent Kwoh, and Cathy D. Sherbourne, Age and functional health status. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1989. https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P7570.html. Also available in print form.
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