Open AccessFunctional disability among elderly: A community-based cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Kriti Vaish,
Somdatta Patra,
Puneet Chhabra
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_728_19
Subject(s) - medicine , activities of daily living , logistic regression , gerontology , cross sectional study , descriptive statistics , psychological intervention , malnutrition , physical therapy , psychiatry , statistics , mathematics , pathology
Old age is often associated with functional decline and physical dependence, thus compromising the ability to carry out basic tasks required for daily living. There are very few community-based studies on functional disability among elderly, especially in India. This study was done to find out the prevalence of functional disability and associated risk factors among the elderly in urbanized villages of Delhi.