Monitoring population disability: Evaluation of a new Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI)

Autor: Carrol Jagger, Herman Van Oyen, Ron Perenboom, Johan Van der Heyden
Přispěvatelé: TNO Preventie en Gezondheid
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2006
Předmět:
Male
Daily life activity
Scoring system
Activities of daily living
Physical disability
Comorbidity
Disability Evaluation
Belgium
Activities of Daily Living
Health Status Indicators
Workplace
Self-rated health
Language
education.field_of_study
Middle Aged
Health survey
Mental deficiency
Population Surveillance
Female
Functional assessment
Age distribution
Adult
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Population
Global Activity Limitation Indicator
Activity restriction
Major clinical study
Global indicator
behavioral disciplines and activities
Education
Physical medicine and rehabilitation
Environmental health
Activity limitation
Mentally Ill Persons
mental disorders
medicine
Humans
Disabled Persons
Interview
education
Disease severity
Probability
Aged
Disability
business.industry
Public health
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Reproducibility of Results
Sex difference
Health indicator
Mental health
Cross-Sectional Studies
Short Form 36
business
Controlled study
Zdroj: Sozial-und Praventivmedizin, 3, 51, 153-161
Popis: Objective: To evaluate a single item instrument, the Global Activity Limitation Indicator (GALI), to measure long-standing health related activity limitations, against several health indicators: a composite morbidity indicator, instruments measuring mental health (SCL-90R, GHQ-12), physical co-morbidity and physical limitations (ADLs, SF-36). Methods: Cross-sectional data (n = 9168) of the 2001-National Health Interview Survey in Belgium was used to compare the GALI with other health indicators across gender, age, educational attainment and language. Results: Responses to the GALI were similar to responses to other indicators of physical limitations (Limitations in Activities of Daily Living (by severity or by number of limitations), the SF-36 physical domain), to an indicator of chronic physical comorbidity and to indicators of mental health. The probability of reporting absence of long-standing activity limitation with the GALI was high in subjects without physical limitations or physical or mental conditions. This probability decreased as the severity or number of limitations, the number of physical or mental conditions increased. Conclusions: The GALI performs appropriately against other health indicators and appears to refl ect long-standing activity limitation associated with both mental and physical conditions. © Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2006.
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