Examination of Cancer and Aging Through Activities of Daily Living

A National Health and Aging Trends Study Analysis

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ID12798288
AuthorsRachelle Brick (0000-0001-7099-7799, University of Pittsburgh, corresponding author), Elizabeth R Skidmore (0000-0002-8287-7193, University of Pittsburgh), Soham Al Snih (0000-0002-0681-4641, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, Division of Geriatrics/Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA), Lauren Terhorst (0000-0001-6376-1470, University of Pittsburgh)
Year2021
Volume33
Issue10
Pages877-885
Publication date2021-05-07
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Aging and Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1552-6887 • E-ISSN: 0898-2643
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/08982643211017656
PMID33961520
OpenAlexW3159124413
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited49

Objectives: This study longitudinally examined how older adult cancer survivors perceive disability in activities of daily living over time compared to older adults who have not had cancer. Methods: This was a secondary analysis of the National Health and Aging Trends Study examining participants with a new cancer diagnosis and age-, gender-, and comorbidity-matched comparison participants without a history of cancer. Generalized linear mixed models examined time and group interaction and main effects in disability. Results: There was a significant main effect of time ( F 4,771 = 12.81; p SE = 0.263; t = 2.39, p = 0.017). Discussion: Although perceived disability was greater immediately following cancer diagnosis, older adult cancer survivors and comparison participants appear to have similar perceived disability over time

Activities of daily living · Cancer · Comorbidity · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Frailty in Older Adults · Medicine · Nutrition and Health in Aging · Occupational and environmental lung diseases · Gerontology · Internal Medicine

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