Changes in the prevalence of chronic disease and the association with disability in the older Dutch population between 1987 and 2001 | Zendy

Martine Puts | Zendy; Dorly J. H. Deeg | Zendy; Nancy Hoeymans | Zendy; Wilma J. Nusselder | Zendy; François Schellevis | Zendy

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Changes in the prevalence of chronic disease and the association with disability in the older Dutch population between 1987 and 2001

Author(s) -

Martine Puts,

Dorly J. H. Deeg,

Nancy Hoeymans,

Wilma J. Nusselder,

François Schellevis

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afm185

Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , depression (economics) , population , copd , disease , multimorbidity , epidemiology , gerontology , diabetes mellitus , prevalence , chronic disease , demography , environmental health , family medicine , psychiatry , sociology , endocrinology , economics , macroeconomics

most studies of older populations in developed countries show a decrease in the prevalence of disabilities, and an increase in chronic diseases over the past decades. Data in the Netherlands, however, mostly show an increase in the prevalence of chronic diseases and mixed results with regard to the prevalence of disability. This study aims at comparing changes in the prevalence, as well as the association between chronic diseases and disability between 1987 and 2001 in the older Dutch population using data representative of the general population. Most studies, so far, have only dealt with self-reported diseases, but in this study, we will use both self-reported and GP-registered diseases.

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