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   Articles with "functional difficulty" as a keyword



Association of frailty with functional difficulty in older Ghanaians: stability between women and men in two samples with different income levels

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recommendations! Published in 2024 at "BMC Geriatrics"

DOI: 10.1186/s12877-024-05534-9

Abstract: Research to date suggests that frailty is higher in women and is associated with functional difficulty. This study builds on the evidence by examining the association between frailty and functional difficulty between low- and higher-income… read more here.

Keywords: functional difficulty; income; association frailty; frailty ... See more keywords

Performance of the UNICEF/UN Washington Group tool for identifying functional difficulty in rural Zimbabwean children

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "PLoS ONE"

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0274664

Abstract: Introduction Over one billion people live with disability worldwide, of whom 80% are in developing countries. Robust childhood disability data are limited, particularly as tools for identifying disability function poorly at young ages. Methods A… read more here.

Keywords: washington group; hiv; difficulty; functional difficulty ... See more keywords

Comparing Measures Of Functional Difficulty With Self-Identified Disability: Implications For Health Policy.

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "Health affairs"

DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2022.00395

Abstract: The Affordable Care Act mandated data collection standards to identify people with disabilities in federal surveys to better understand and address health disparities within this population. Most federal surveys use six questions from the American… read more here.

Keywords: measures functional; comparing measures; health; disability ... See more keywords

Examining Older Adults’ Home Functioning Using the American Housing Survey

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recommendations! Published in 2022 at "International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health"

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19084691

Abstract: Identifying individuals at risk of experiencing functional difficulty at home would support timely home safety assessment and modification services, which could lead to reducing home incidents such as falls. The objective of this study was… read more here.

Keywords: housing; older adults; model; home ... See more keywords