Open AccessTesting frailty, accessible housing, and changes in living arrangements using the Health and Retirement Study
Author(s) -
Sato Ashida,
Ellen J. Schafer,
Lena Thompson
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
innovation in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2399-5300
DOI - 10.1093/geroni/igab046.2365
Subject(s) - multinomial logistic regression , construct (python library) , health and retirement study , gerontology , scale (ratio) , latent class model , logistic regression , psychology , strengths and weaknesses , environmental health , medicine , geography , statistics , computer science , social psychology , mathematics , cartography , programming language
This study examined housing accessibility elements of community-dwelling older adults using the Health and Retirement Study (HRS). Housing accessibility elements were tested as moderators in the relationship between prior frailty and later living arrangements. HRS physical measures were used to construct the Physical Frailty Phenotype and the Continuous Frailty Scale. The analytic method for the study was multinomial logistic regression. Latent class analysis was also used to identify housing accessibility element use-types. Study findings will be presented. Strengths and weaknesses of using the HRS to measure home accessibility and construct frailty scales will also be discussed.