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Decline In Health For Older Adults: Five-Year Change In 13 Key Measures Of Standardized Health, Paula Diehr
Decline In Health For Older Adults: Five-Year Change In 13 Key Measures Of Standardized Health, Paula Diehr
Paula Diehr
Background. The health of older adults declines over time, but there are many ways of measuring health. It is unclear whether all health measures decline at the same rate or whether some aspects of health are less sensitive to aging than others. Methods. We compared the decline in 13 measures of physical, mental, and functional health from the Cardiovascular Health Study: hospitalization, bed days, cognition, extremity strength, feelings about life as a whole, satisfaction with the purpose of life, self-rated health, depression, digit symbol substitution test, grip strength, activities of daily living, instrumental activities of daily living, and gait speed. …