The reciprocal relationship between disability and depression

Article Abstract:

The reciprocal relationship between depression and disability has been investigated, and results substantiated the theory that associations between disability and depression exist in the aged. Data from a recent study give an important research context for further examination of within-subject longitudinal relationships between changes in the two factors. Doubt that appropriate treatment for symptoms of depression in older people can reverse excess disability and improve quality of life related to health is difficult to justify.

Editorial, Depression in old age, Geriatric depression

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Physical activity, functional limitations, and disability in older adults

Article Abstract:

Physical activity seems to cut down on the progression of disability in older adults based on results of a study using repeated interviews and a complex sample survey of 5,151 noninstitutionalized people older than 69 in the Longitudinal Study of Aging. Functional limitations can mediate the effect physical activity has on inability to perform activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living.

Statistical Data Included, Usage, Physical fitness, Mathematical models, Exercise, Activities of daily living

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Serum IL-6 level and the development of disability in older persons

Article Abstract:

Higher levels of circulating interleukin 6 (IL-6) predict onset of disability in older people based on findings of a recent study. The level of serum IL-6 and its relationship to the development of disability in older persons has been studied to see whether high levels of IL-6 can be used to predict disability in older undisabled people. IL6 has a central role in inflammation, which is a factor in many age-associated chronic diseases and increases with age. IO-6 may have a direct effect on ILO-6 and/or a pathophysiologic role in given diseases.

Risk factors, Inflammation, Interleukin-6

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