ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2016
Can a Healthy Lifestyle Compress the Disabled Period in Older Adults?
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- Associations of neighbourhood food retail with disability and death in older adults: Cardiovascular Health Study.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2024Article
- Weekly minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity is associated with movement quality in overweight and obese older adults, independent of age.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
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- Overweight in Older Adults: A Follow-Up of Fifteen Years of the SABE Survey.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
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- The health impact of an innovative summer camp for older adults: a pilot study using an interdisciplinary collaborative approach.BMC nursing · 2022Article
- Southwest Harvest for Health: An Adapted Mentored Vegetable Gardening Intervention for Cancer Survivors.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Lung function impairment and cardiometabolic risks among rural adults: implication for an aging society.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Using Accelerometer Data to Identify Movement Patterns in an Older Adult: Innovative Strategy for Physical Activity Promotion.Open journal of clinical & medical case reports · 2021Article
- Sex differences in the association between latent class of lifestyle and disability among older adults in China.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine whether lifestyle factors, measured late in life, could compress the disabled period toward the end of life.
designCommunity-based cohort study of older adults followed from 1989 to 2015.
settingFour U.S. communities.
participantsCommunity-living men and women aged 65 and older (N = 5,248, mean age 72.7 ± 5.5, 57% female, 15.2% minority) who were not wheelchair dependent and were able to give informed consent at baseline. MEASUREMENTS: Multiple lifestyle factors, including smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, diet, body mass index (BMI), social networks, and social support, were measured at baseline. Activities of daily living (ADLs) were assessed at baseline and throughout follow-up. Years of life (YoL) was defined as years until death. Years of able life (YAL) was defined as years without any ADL difficulty. YAL/YoL%, the proportion of life lived able, was used to indicate the relative compression or expansion of the disabled period.
resultsThe average duration of disabled years was 4.5 (out of 15.4 mean YoL) for women and 2.9 (out of 12.4 mean YoL) for men. In a multivariable model, obesity was associated with 7.3 percentage points (95% confidence interval (CI) = 5.4-9.2) lower YAL/YoL% than normal weight. Scores in the lowest quintile of the Alternate Healthy Eating Index were associated with a 3.7% (95% CI = 1.6-5.9) lower YAL/YoL% than scores in the highest quintile. Every 25 blocks walked in a week was associated with 0.5 percentage points (95% CI = 0.3-0.8) higher YAL/YoL%.
conclusionThe effects of healthy lifestyle factors on the proportion of future life lived free of disability indicate that the disabled period can be compressed, given the right combination of these factors.
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