Barriers to eating are associated with poor physical function in older women
| Autor: | Karen C. Johnson, Marcia L. Stefanick, James M. Shikany, Marian L. Neuhouser, Brad Cannell, Lesley F. Tinker, Irene Hatsu, Rebecca P. Hunt, Robert L. Brunner, Linda Van Horn |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Gerontology
Epidemiology Short Physical Performance Battery Walking Physical function 01 natural sciences Article 03 medical and health sciences Grip strength 0302 clinical medicine Social barriers Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans 030212 general & internal medicine 0101 mathematics Balance (ability) Aged business.industry 010102 general mathematics digestive oral and skin physiology Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health medicine.disease Obesity Preferred walking speed Linear Models Functional status Female business human activities |
| Zdroj: | Prev Med |
| ISSN: | 1096-0260 |
| Popis: | Older adults have physical and social barriers to eating but whether this affects functional status is unknown. We examined associations between eating barriers and physical function in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI). In 2012-14, a subset of alive and participating women (n=5910) completed an in-home examination including the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) (grip strength, balance, timed walking speed, chair stand). WHI participants complete annual mailed questionnaires; the 2013-14 questionnaire included items on eating alone, eating < two meals/day, dentition problems affecting eating, physical difficulties with cooking/shopping and monetary resources for food. Linear regression tested associations of these eating barriers with SPPB, adjusting for BMI, age, race/ethnicity, and medical multimorbidities. Over half (56.8%) of participants were ≥ 75 years, 98.8% had a BMI ≥ 25.0 kg/m(2) and 66% had multimorbidities. Eating barriers, excluding eating alone, were associated with significantly lower total (all p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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