ArticleJournal of epidemiology and community health2002
Improved functional status in 16 years of follow up of middle aged and elderly men and women in north eastern Finland.
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- Social inequality in onset of mobility limitations in midlife: a longitudinal study in Denmark.European journal of ageing · 2011Article
- Cohort differences in disease and disability in the young-old: findings from the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC-CFAS).BMC public health · 2007Article
- Complex health problems in the oldest old in Sweden 1992-2002.European journal of ageing · 2006Article
- Changes in physical performance among high-functioning older adults: a 6-year follow-up study.European journal of ageing · 2006Article
- Physical functioning in elderly Europeans: 10 year changes in the north and south: the HALE project.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2005Article
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Abstract
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objectiveTo investigate age, period, and cohort effects on functional status.
designA prospective cohort study with measurements in 1981, 1990, and 1996.
settingThree municipalities in north east Finland.
participantsA regionally representative sample of 19 to 63 year old men and women was drawn from the census data in 1979, of which 758 men and 1033 women initially aged 39-63 years entered the study in 1980 and completed the follow up in 1996 (90.9% of the alive cohort). MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN
resultsFunctional status was determined based on self estimated disabilities (difficulties or not able) to walk 2 km, climb several flights of stairs, and run 100 m. The age adjusted odds of disability in stair climbing and running were lower among the men and the women in 1990 and 1996 than among the men and the women in 1981. There was a declining trend in the odds of disability with succeeding birth cohorts among both the men (odds ratios (OR) 0.79 and 95% confidence intervals (CI) 0.70 to 0.88 for stair climbing and OR 0.88 and 95% CI 0.78 to 0.98 for running) and the women (OR 0.85 and 95% CI 0.77 to 0.93 for stair climbing and OR 0.85 and 95% CI 0.76 to 0.94 for running). No statistically significant differences in walking disability were found between the study periods or the study cohorts.
conclusionsThe findings depict an improved time trend in functional status in the study population, with implications for future health and social care planning.
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