Modifiable risk factors predict functional decline among older women: A prospectively validated clinical prediction tool

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This article examines the indicators which can predict a decline in both vigorous and basic activities in older women. Data show that slow gait, use of benzodiazepine, low exercise level, obesity, and depression are some of the predictors of functional decline in both vigorous and basic level of physical activities.

Health aspects, Usage, Evaluation, Activities of daily living, Geriatric pathology, Medical protocols

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Correlates of attributing new disability to old age

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This article examines characteristics associated with older women who attribute the development of new physical limitations to old age. Findings indicate that advanced age and decreased grip strength are significantly associated with perceiving old age as the cause of a new disability.

Psychological aspects, Aging, Geriatrics, Disability, Disabilities, Grip strength

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Vision impairment and combined vision and hearing impairment predict cognitive and functional decline in older women

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A study to determine the association between vision and hearing impairment and subsequent cognitive and functional decline in community decline in community-residing older women is presented. Among the five thousand three hundred forty-five participants in the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) 15.7 percent had cognitive decline whereas 10.1 percent had functional decline.

Science & research, Vision disorders, Cognition in old age, Old age cognition, Hearing disorders

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