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Observational studyBMJ open2021

Measuring functional ability in healthy ageing: a nationwide cross-sectional survey in the Philippine older population.

Dario Moreno-Agostino, Matthew Prina, Kia-Chong Chua, Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan Jotheeswaran, Ritu Sadana, Alana Officer, Kaloyan Kamenov, Alarcos Cieza

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Observational study in BMJ open, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Dario Moreno-AgostinoHealth Service and Population Research, King's College London, London, UK d.moreno@ucl.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0003-0459-657X
Matthew PrinaHealth Service and Population Research, King's College London, London, UK.
Kia-Chong ChuaHealth Service and Population Research, King's College London, London, UK.
Amuthavalli Thiyagarajan JotheeswaranAgeing and Health Unit, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health & Ageing Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ritu SadanaAgeing and Health Unit, Maternal, Newborn, Child & Adolescent Health & Ageing Department, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Alana OfficerDemographic Change and Healthy Ageing Unit, Social Determinants of Health Department, World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland.
Kaloyan KamenovSensory Functions, Disability and Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-4355-6186
Alarcos CiezaSensory Functions, Disability and Rehabilitation Unit, Department of Noncommunicable Diseases, World Health Organization, Geneve, Switzerland.
World Health Organization · CHKing's College London · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo analyse the empirical support of the functional ability concept in the healthy ageing framework developed by the WHO in a sample of the Philippine older population. According to this framework, environmental factors may enhance or hinder functional ability, which is the person's ability to do what they value, broadly represented by subjective well-being. Moreover, this network of relationships may be moderated by personal characteristics such as gender.

designCross-sectional observational study.

settingPhilippines, general population.

participantsRespondents of the 2016 National Disability Prevalence Survey/Model Functioning Survey aged 50+ (N=2825). PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Latent (unobserved) measures of functional ability, environmental factors (physical environmental factors and social network and support) and subjective well-being (positive affect, negative affect and evaluative well-being) were obtained from different items from the survey questionnaire using a SEM framework.

resultsWe found that the relationship between environmental factors and the three components of subjective well-being considered in this study was partially explained by differences in functional ability. The portion of those effects accounted for by functional ability was comparatively larger for the physical than for the social environmental factors. We found no evidences of gender differences in this network of relationships.

conclusionsThese findings suggest the relevance of functional ability at explaining the relationship between environmental factors and subjective well-being in older adults. Future studies may replicate these findings longitudinally and including other relevant measures as the person's objective level of intrinsic capacity.

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Healthy AgingActivities of Daily LivingAgedCross-Sectional StudiesHumansPhilippinesSurveys and Questionnairesepidemiologypublic healthstatistics & research methods

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PMID34635522
PMCPMC8506858
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