Global quality of life modifies terminal change in physical functioning among older adult women

被引：3

作者：

Shrira, Amit ^{[1
]}

Zaslavsky, Oleg ^{[2
]}

LaCroix, Andrea Z. ^{[3
]}

Seguin, Rebecca ^{[4
]}

Post, Stephen ^{[5
]}

Tindle, Hilary ^{[6
]}

Hingle, Melanie ^{[7
]}

Woods, Nancy ^{[8
]}

Cochrane, Barbara ^{[8
]}

Garcia, Lorena ^{[9
]}

Schnall, Eliezer ^{[10
]}

Rillamas-Sun, Eileen ^{[3
]}

Palgi, Yuval ^{[11
]}

机构：

[1] Bar Ilan Univ, Interdisciplinary Dept Social Sci, Ramat Gan, Israel

[2] Univ Haifa, Cheryl Spencer Dept Nursing, IL-31999 Haifa, Israel

[3] Fred Hutchinson Canc Res Ctr, Publ Hlth Sci, Seattle, WA 98104 USA

[4] Cornell Univ, Coll Human Ecol, Ithaca, NY USA

[5] SUNY Stony Brook, Ctr Med Humanities, Stony Brook, NY 11794 USA

[6] Univ Pittsburgh, Div Internal Med, Pittsburgh, PA USA

[7] Univ Arizona, Coll Agr & Life Sci, Tucson, AZ USA

[8] Univ Washington, Sch Nursing, Seattle, WA 98195 USA

[9] Univ Calif Davis, Dept Publ Hlth Sci, Davis, CA 95616 USA

[10] Yeshiva Univ, Yeshiva Coll, New York, NY 10033 USA

[11] Univ Haifa, Dept Gerontol, IL-31999 Haifa, Israel

来源：

AGE AND AGEING | 2015年 / 44卷 / 03期

关键词：

global quality of life; physical functioning; terminal change; Women's Health Initiative; older people; TO-DEATH; HEALTH; DECLINE; LIVE; AGE; SATISFACTION; DISABILITY; LONGEVITY; PATTERNS; PEOPLE;

D O I：

10.1093/ageing/afu176

中图分类号：

R592 [老年病学]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 100203 ;

摘要：

Background: the factors that moderate decline in physical functioning as death approaches are understudied. This study aimed to assess death-related decline in global quality of life (QoL) and physical functioning and to test whether baseline QoL moderates terminal decline in physical functioning. Methods: four thousand six hundred and fifty-one decedents from the Women's Health Initiative Study (WHI) rated QoL and physical functioning each year throughout 5 years of follow-up. Results: both QoL and physical functioning showed a steeper decline as a function of years to death than as a function of chronological age. Moreover, decedents with higher QoL at baseline showed a less steep decline in physical functioning as death approached than those with lower QoL at baseline. Conclusion: although QoL strongly decreases across the terminal years, its beneficial influence on physical functioning is evident till the very end of life.

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页码：520 / 524

页数：5

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