Tracking progress toward national health objectives in the elderly: what do restricted activity days signify? | Zendy

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Tracking progress toward national health objectives in the elderly: what do restricted activity days signify?

Author(s) -

D. Scholes,

Andrea Z. LaCroix,

E H Wagner,

Lou Grothaus,

Julia Hecht

Publication year - 1991

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.4.485

Subject(s) - gerontology , medicine , randomized controlled trial , physical activity , tracking (education) , medline , activities of daily living , environmental health , physical therapy , psychology , pedagogy , surgery , political science , law

Restricted activity days is the measure by which the 1990 health objectives for prevention of functional disability in older adults will be evaluated. Yet its significance in older populations is poorly understood. We evaluated its use as an outcome measure for a randomized trial designed to impact upon physical function in elderly HMO enrollees. As predicted, restricted activity days was more correlated with physical disability measures than with other health status measures. Distributional properties and rates of missing data were shortcomings.

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