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ArticleAge and ageing2015

Global quality of life modifies terminal change in physical functioning among older adult women.

Amit Shrira, Oleg Zaslavsky, Andrea Z LaCroix, Rebecca Seguin, Stephen Post, Hilary Tindle, Melanie Hingle, Nancy Woods, Barbara Cochrane, Lorena Garcia and 3 more

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  1. Terminal Decline in Physical Function in Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024
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13 authors.

Amit ShriraInterdisciplinary Department of Social Sciences, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel.
Oleg ZaslavskyThe Cheryl Spencer Department of Nursing, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Andrea Z LaCroixFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences, Seattle, WA, USA.
Rebecca SeguinCollege of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
Stephen PostCenter for Medical Humanities, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Hilary TindleDivision of Internal Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburg, PA, USA.
Melanie HingleCollege of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
Nancy WoodsSchool of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Barbara CochraneSchool of Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
Lorena GarciaDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA, USA.
Eliezer SchnallYeshiva College, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA.
Eileen Rillamas-SunFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Public Health Sciences, Seattle, WA, USA.
Yuval PalgiDepartment of Gerontology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.

Funding

The StrongWomen Healthy Hearts Follow-up Study: Individual, leadership, and builtK01HL108807 · NHLBI · FRED HUTCHINSON CANCER RESEARCH CENTER · PI SEGUIN-FOWLER, REBECCA ANNE · 2011 to 2015
$681k
NHLBI NIH HHS K01 HL108807
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundthe factors that moderate decline in physical functioning as death approaches are understudied. This study aimed to assess death-related decline in global quality of life (QoL) and physical functioning and to test whether baseline QoL moderates terminal decline in physical functioning.

methodsfour thousand six hundred and fifty-one decedents from the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI) rated QoL and physical functioning each year throughout 5 years of follow-up.

resultsboth QoL and physical functioning showed a steeper decline as a function of years to death than as a function of chronological age. Moreover, decedents with higher QoL at baseline showed a less steep decline in physical functioning as death approached than those with lower QoL at baseline.

conclusionalthough QoL strongly decreases across the terminal years, its beneficial influence on physical functioning is evident till the very end of life.

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Activities of Daily LivingQuality of LifeAgedFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHealth StatusHumansUnited Statesglobal quality of lifeolder peoplephysical functioningterminal changeWomen's Health Initiative

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PMID25380594
PMCPMC4411222

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