ArticleThe Gerontologist2016
Gender and Racial Disparities in Life-Space Constriction Among Older Adults.
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- Out-of-home life spaces valued by urban older adults with limited income.African journal of disability · 2023Article
- Predicting restriction of life-space mobility: a machine learning analysis of the IMIAS study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2022Article
- Associations Between Perceived Neighborhood Walkability and Device-Based Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Patterns in Older Adults.Journal of aging and physical activity · 2022Article
- Gender Differences in Life-space Mobility-associated Factors and Structures in Community-dwelling Older People.Progress in rehabilitation medicine · 2022Article
- Cross-sectional study of individual and environmental factors associated with life-space mobility among community-dwelling independent older people.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2021Article
- Life-Space and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults in Different Social and Economic Contexts: Longitudinal Results from the IMIAS Study.Journal of cross-cultural gerontology · 2020Article
- Differences in Driving Outcomes Among Cognitively Normal African American and Caucasian Older Adults.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2020Article
- Life-Space Mobility in the Elderly: Current Perspectives.Clinical interventions in aging · 2020Review
- Older Adults' Expectations about Mortality, Driving Life and Years Left without Driving.Journal of gerontological social work · 2019Article
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Abstract
purpose of the study"Life-space" is the spatial area through which a person experiences and interacts with the world. Life-space constriction, the shrinking of the spatial area that a person traverses, is associated with negative health outcomes in later life. Racial and gender disparities in mobility as indicated by life-space constriction are thought to contribute to broader disparities in health and functioning among older adults. DESIGN AND
methodsData come from the 5-year follow-up of the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly (ACTIVE) Study (N = 2,765; mean age = 73.6; 75.8% women; 73.7% White). Life-space constriction was defined as "not traveling beyond one's town." A series of logistic regression and Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate risk for incident life-space constriction by race and gender.
resultsBlacks and women had greater likelihood of life-space constriction at baseline. Women were more likely to experience incident life-space constriction at follow-up relative to men (Hazard ratio [HR]: 1.89, 95% Confidence interval [CI]: 1.26-2.83). Blacks were associated with lower risk of life-space constriction over time (HR: 0.67, 95% CI: 0.45-0.99) relative to Whites. IMPLICATIONS: Disparities in life-space constriction by gender and race exist in later life. Understanding the processes underlying these mobility restrictions is important to developing intervention programs to enhance health and functioning for older adults.
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