ArticleThe journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences2020
Changes in Physical Functioning as Short-Term Predictors of Mortality.
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- Physical function domain associations with cognitive domains in community-dwelling older adults.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2026Article
- Mapping inequalities in the health of older adults around the world: Heterogeneities in cognitive and physical functioning.Vienna yearbook of population research · 2025Article
- Physical Function Trajectories and Mortality in Older Adults With Multisensory Impairment.JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery · 2024Article
- Influence of Knee Osteoarthritis Severity, Knee Pain, and Depression on Physical Function: A Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2024Article
- Terminal Decline in Physical Function in Older Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
- Frailty as a predictor of mortality: a comparative cohort study of older adults in Costa Rica and the United States.BMC public health · 2023Article
- ATHLOS Healthy Aging Scale score as the predictor of all-cause mortality in Poland and Czechia.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Predictive Validity of Motor Fitness and Flexibility Tests in Adults and Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Terminal decline in objective and self-reported measures of motor function before death: 10 year follow-up of Whitehall II cohort study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021Article
- Physical functioning and survival: Is the link weaker among Latino and black older adults?Social science & medicine (1982) · 2020Article
- Physical Function and Survival in Older Adults: A longitudinal study accounting for time-varying effects.Archives of gerontology and geriatricsArticle
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Abstract
objectivesBoth performance-based and self-reported measures of physical functioning are predictors of mortality. There has been relatively little research examining whether their changes predict mortality. This study examines whether 5-year changes in performance-based and self-reported measures of functioning predict subsequent mortality.
methodData are from the 2006 wave of the Social Environment and Biomarkers of Aging Study, 2011 wave of the Taiwan Longitudinal Study of Aging, and mortality follow-up through 2015. Gompertz proportional hazard models predict mortality from changes in ability to complete performance-based tests and changes in performance-based and self-reported functioning.
resultsIncident inability to complete at least one performance-based test of functioning is associated with twice the risk of subsequent 4-year mortality. Conditional on the baseline measurement, a one standard deviation (SD) decline in grip strength is associated with a 61% increased risk of 4-year mortality; a one-SD decline in walking speed and a one-SD increase in self-reported limitations are both associated with around a 40% increased risk of 4-year mortality. Conditional on the most recent measurement of functioning, prior change is not significantly associated with subsequent mortality. DISCUSSION: Repeated measures of performance-based and self-reported functioning are valuable in that they provide an updated measurement of functioning.
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