PMID- 29909728
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20210707
LR  - 20211204
IS  - 1552-4523 (Electronic)
IS  - 0733-4648 (Linking)
VI  - 39
IP  - 5
DP  - 2020 May
TI  - The Role of Ethnic and Racial Disparities in Mobility and Physical Function in 
      Older Adults.
PG  - 502-508
LID - 10.1177/0733464818780631 [doi]
AB  - Objective: To compare estimates of the prevalence of mobility and physical 
      function limitations by race and ethnicity using data from the Medical 
      Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). Method: The sample comprised of 28,854 adults 
      aged >/=60 from the MEPS (2004-2013). Physical function (limitations in basic and 
      instrumental activities of daily living [ADL/IADL]) and mobility limitations were 
      assessed by self-report. Results: Non-Hispanic Whites (NHWs) represented the 
      majority of the sample followed by non-Hispanic Blacks (NHBs), Hispanic and 
      non-Hispanic Other (Other). For mobility limitation, NHBs had the highest 
      prevalence followed by NHWs and Hispanics (33.3%, 28.6%, and 26.2%, 
      respectively). Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed for the 
      primary outcome of mobility limitation. In the adjusted model, Hispanics had 
      lower odds of mobility limitations (prevalence odds ratio [POR]: 0.78; 95% 
      confidence interval [CI] = [0.67,0.91]) compared with NHWs. For ADL limitations, 
      NHBs had higher odds of having ADLs (POR: 1.87; 95% CI = [1.44, 2.44]) when 
      compared with NHWs. Conclusion: This article evaluated the influence of race and 
      ethnicity, on the prevalence of mobility and functional limitations that are not 
      always consistent with expected racial and ethnic differences.
FAU - Vasquez, Elizabeth
AU  - Vasquez E
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1402-9712
AD  - University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY, USA.
FAU - Germain, Cassandra M
AU  - Germain CM
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-4712-0969
AD  - School of Nursing Family University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA.
FAU - Tang, Fei
AU  - Tang F
AD  - University at Albany, Rensselaer, NY, USA.
FAU - Lohman, Matthew C
AU  - Lohman MC
AD  - Geisel School of 004Dedicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.
AD  - Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New 
      Hampshire.
FAU - Fortuna, Karen L
AU  - Fortuna KL
AD  - Geisel School of 004Dedicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.
AD  - Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New 
      Hampshire.
FAU - Batsis, John A
AU  - Batsis JA
AD  - Geisel School of 004Dedicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA.
AD  - Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New 
      Hampshire.
AD  - The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH, USA.
LA  - eng
GR  - K23 AG051681/AG/NIA NIH HHS/United States
GR  - UL1 TR001086/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States
GR  - T32 MH073553/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States
GR  - U48 DP005018/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
PT  - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
DEP - 20180618
PL  - United States
TA  - J Appl Gerontol
JT  - Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern 
      Gerontological Society
JID - 8606502
SB  - IM
MH  - *Activities of Daily Living
MH  - Aged
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Ethnicity/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - *Mobility Limitation
MH  - Prevalence
MH  - Racial Groups/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - United States
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - ethnicity
OT  - mobility
OT  - older adults
OT  - physical function
OT  - race
EDAT- 2018/06/19 06:00
MHDA- 2021/07/08 06:00
CRDT- 2018/06/19 06:00
PHST- 2018/06/19 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/07/08 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2018/06/19 06:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/0733464818780631 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Appl Gerontol. 2020 May;39(5):502-508. doi: 10.1177/0733464818780631. Epub 2018 
      Jun 18.