| Titre : | Functional ability among elderly people in three service settings : The discriminatory power of a new functional ability scale. (1998) |
| Auteurs : | K. AVLUND ; B.E. HOLSTEIN ; Department of Social Medicine and Psychosocial Health. Institute of Public Health. University of Copenhagen. DNK |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 14, n° 8, 1998) |
| Pagination : | 783-790 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Danemark ; Europe ; Personne âgée ; Homme ; Questionnaire ; Etat santé ; Utilisation ; Soins ; Etude comparée ; Méthodologie ; Domicile ; Echelle santé ; Activité ; Vie quotidienne |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST c8f2cR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. The purpose is to assess the discriminatory power of the Avlund scales : (1) by assessing the ability of the scales to discriminate between three different populations of elderly people. and (2) by studying groups with a poor fit between use of formal home care and functional ability. The study included (A) all residents in new sheltered housing facilities (response rate 68%, n=102), (B) a random sample of users of home care (response rate 67%, n=435). and (C) a random sample of individuals not using home care (response rate 74%, n=501). All participants were 60+years old. Data were collected by personal interviews (group A) and by postal questionnaires (group B and C). Functional ability was measured by The Avlund Mob-T scale about tiredness related to mobility and the Mob-H scale about need of help to mobility. Both scales were able to distinguish the three sub-populations. The whole range of the Mob-T scale was used in all three sub-populations, and the whole range of the Mob-H scale was used among the oldest residents and the oldest users of home care. A small group of well-functioning users of home care (n=52) was characterized by good self-rated health, good hearing, vision and memory abilities ; they gave more help to others. had higher social participation, and lived alone (only the women). A somewhat lager group of poor functioning non-users of home care (n=266) had the opposite characteristics. (...) |
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