Open AccessTemporal Trends in Self-Reported Functional Limitations and Physical Disability Among the Community-Dwelling Elderly Population: The Framingham Heart Study
Author(s) -
Joanne M. Murabito,
Michael Pencina,
Lei Zhu,
Margaret Kelly-Hayes,
Peter Shrader,
Ralph B. D’Agostino
Publication year - 2008
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.2007.128132
Subject(s) - framingham heart study , gerontology , medicine , population , demography , physical examination , physical disability , framingham risk score , physical therapy , environmental health , disease , sociology
We sought to determine change in the prevalence of functional limitations and physical disability among the community-dwelling elderly population across 3 decades.