Gender differences in disability: Evidence and underlying reasons
Gender differences in disability: Evidence and underlying reasons
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10.1007/bf03339897
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2000-04-01
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Balfour, J
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作者：
Leveille, SG;Resnick, HE;Balfour, J
妇女比男子更长寿，在不断扩大的老年人口中所占比例更大。一些健康、疾病、行为和社会人口因素导致妇女残疾发生率高于男子。本文提出了一个审查的方法和流行病学的考虑，重要的是我们了解残疾患病率的性别差异，并讨论了这些差异的根本原因。与男子相比，妇女残疾寿命更长，部分原因是非致命性慢性病的患病率更高，体质因素，如肌肉强度较低和骨密度较低，以及生活方式因素，如久坐行为和肥胖症的发生率更高。其中一些因素是可以改变的，并为研究人员，临床医生和公共卫生从业人员提供了重要的目标，以减轻老年人口的残疾负担。(C)两千埃迪特里斯·柯蒂斯
Women have greater longevity than men and represent a larger proportion of the expanding older population. Several health, disease, behavioral and sociodemographic factors contribute to the higher prevalence of disability in women compared to men. This paper presents a review of methodologic and epidemiologic considerations important to our understanding the gender differences in the prevalence of disability, and discusses underlying causes for these differences. Compared to men, women have a longer duration of life lived with disability, in part due to higher prevalence of non-fatal chronic conditions, constitutional factors such as lower muscle strength and lower bone density, and higher rates of life style factors suck as sedentary behavior and obesity. Several of these factors are modifiable, and provide important targets for researchers, clinicians, and public health practitioners in their efforts to reduce the burden of disability in the older population. (C) 2000. Editrice Kurtis.