Correlates of handgrip strength and activities of daily living in elderly Sri Lankans.
Correlates of handgrip strength and activities of daily living in elderly Sri Lankans.
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斯里兰卡老年人握力与日常生活活动的相关性。
DOI：
10.1111/jgs.13000
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发表时间：
2014
影响因子：
6.3
通讯作者：
Ostbye,Truls
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作者：
Ukegbu,Ugochi;Maselko,Joanna;Malhotra,Rahul;Perera,Bilesha;Ostbye,Truls
METHODSA cross-sectional survey was conducted among 252 elders aged 60–92 years living in the Galle District of Sri Lanka. Outcome measures were HGS (measured with Hand Grip Meter) and ADL Score (sum of Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Physical Activities of Daily Living scores; range 0–28; higher score represents better functional capability). Eight potential correlates of HGS and ADL: gender, education (secondary school or less vs. beyond secondary school), age, cognitive function (Montreal Cognitive Assessment: MoCA), psychological distress (Kessler-10), recent injury (yes/no), number of physical illnesses and SRH (responses: very good, good, moderate, bad and very bad) were assessed by self-report. Potential correlates were assessed using multivariate linear regression analysis (forward selection method).RESULTSMean age was 71.7±8.2 years, 67% of the elderly were women, 67% had secondary level education or lower, 23% had suffered an injury in the last 60 days and 48% rated their health to be moderate while 31% viewed it as bad. There was a positive correlation between HGS and ADL score, r= 0.5, p< 0.001. Table shows the results of the multivariate analyses. Model A, which only includes the significant correlates of HGS, shows that better SRH is positively correlated with HGS. Model B, which only includes the significant correlates of ADL, shows that psychological distress is negatively correlated with ADL function. Models A and B show that age is a significant negative correlate, and cognitive function is a significant positive correlate of HGS and ADL.
