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ArticleInnovation in aging2023

Testing the Webber's Comprehensive Mobility Framework Using Self-Reported and Performance-Based Mobility Outcomes Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Nigeria.

Ernest C Nwachuwku, Daniel Rayner, Michael C Ibekaku, Ekezie C Uduonu, Charles I Ezema, Michael E Kalu

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Ernest C NwachuwkuEmerging Researchers & Professionals in Aging- African Network, Nigeria and Canada.
Daniel RaynerFaculty of Health Science, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Michael C IbekakuEmerging Researchers & Professionals in Aging- African Network, Nigeria and Canada.
Ekezie C UduonuEmerging Researchers & Professionals in Aging- African Network, Nigeria and Canada.
Charles I EzemaDepartment of Medical Rehabilitation, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, Nigeria.
Michael E KaluEmerging Researchers & Professionals in Aging- African Network, Nigeria and Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2070-2213

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Background and Objectives: In 2010, Webber and colleagues conceptualized the interrelationships between mobility determinants, and researchers tested Webber's framework using data from developed countries. No studies have tested this model using data from developing nations (e.g., Nigeria). This study aimed to simultaneously explore the cognitive, environmental, financial, personal, physical, psychological, and social influences and their interaction effects on the mobility outcomes among community-dwelling older adults in Nigeria. Research Design and Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited 227 older adults (mean age [standard deviation] = 66.6 [6.8] years). Performance-based mobility outcomes included gait speed, balance, and lower extremity strength, and were assessed using the Short Physical Performance Battery, whereas the self-reported mobility outcomes included inability to walk 0.5 km, 2 km, or climb a flight of stairs, assessed using the Manty Preclinical Mobility Limitation Scale. Regression analysis was used to determine the predictors of mobility outcomes. Results: The number of comorbidities (physical factor) negatively predicted all mobility outcomes, except the lower extremity strength. Age (personal factor) negatively predicted gait speed (β = -0.192), balance (β = -0.515), and lower extremity strength (β = -0.225), and a history of no exercise (physical factor) positively predicted inability to walk 0.5 km ( Discussion and Implications: Interactions between determinants explain the most variations in all mobility outcomes, highlighting the complexity of mobility. This finding highlighted that factors predicting self-reported and performance-based mobility outcomes might differ, but this should be confirmed with a large data set.

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