Gender specific cut-off points of age for disability among rural elderly in Anhui Province, China
ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to determine the optimal cut-off values of age for disability in order to predict the risk of disability for older adults in rural areas.MethodsWHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 was used to assess disability. The cut-off values of age for disability were o...
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| author | Xinran He Xianwen Wang Min Zhang Weizheng Zhu Yuyang Liu Qian Sun Guimei Chen Min Li Hong Ding |
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| description | ObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to determine the optimal cut-off values of age for disability in order to predict the risk of disability for older adults in rural areas.MethodsWHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 was used to assess disability. The cut-off values of age for disability were obtained by ROC curve analysis.ResultsThe cut-off points of age for cognition restriction, mobility restriction, self-care restriction, getting along with people restriction, life activities restriction, and social participation restriction for men were 70.5, 68.5, 72.5, 70.5, 71.5, and 68.5 years old, respectively. The cut-off points of age for cognition disability, mobility restriction, self-care disability, getting along with people disability, life activities disability, and social participation disability for women were 72.5, 71.5, 70.5, 70.5, 71.5, and 71.5 years old, respectively. Over the cut-off values of age was an independent risk factor for disability (P < 0.05).ConclusionPresenting first disability symptoms were different between men and women. Preventive efforts to prevent future disability should be different for men and women. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4b362d921c744fd69d8d4198b3a3b3482022-12-22T03:49:33ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652022-10-011010.3389/fpubh.2022.945849945849Gender specific cut-off points of age for disability among rural elderly in Anhui Province, ChinaXinran He0Xianwen Wang1Min Zhang2Weizheng Zhu3Yuyang Liu4Qian Sun5Guimei Chen6Min Li7Hong Ding8School of Health Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Public Health and Health Management, Anhui Medical College, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Health Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Health Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Health Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Health Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Health Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Health Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, ChinaSchool of Health Management, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, ChinaObjectiveThe purpose of this study was to determine the optimal cut-off values of age for disability in order to predict the risk of disability for older adults in rural areas.MethodsWHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 was used to assess disability. The cut-off values of age for disability were obtained by ROC curve analysis.ResultsThe cut-off points of age for cognition restriction, mobility restriction, self-care restriction, getting along with people restriction, life activities restriction, and social participation restriction for men were 70.5, 68.5, 72.5, 70.5, 71.5, and 68.5 years old, respectively. The cut-off points of age for cognition disability, mobility restriction, self-care disability, getting along with people disability, life activities disability, and social participation disability for women were 72.5, 71.5, 70.5, 70.5, 71.5, and 71.5 years old, respectively. Over the cut-off values of age was an independent risk factor for disability (P < 0.05).ConclusionPresenting first disability symptoms were different between men and women. Preventive efforts to prevent future disability should be different for men and women.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.945849/fulldisabilityageROC curveelderlyChinese |
| spellingShingle | Xinran He Xianwen Wang Min Zhang Weizheng Zhu Yuyang Liu Qian Sun Guimei Chen Min Li Hong Ding Gender specific cut-off points of age for disability among rural elderly in Anhui Province, China Frontiers in Public Health disability age ROC curve elderly Chinese |
| title | Gender specific cut-off points of age for disability among rural elderly in Anhui Province, China |
| title_full | Gender specific cut-off points of age for disability among rural elderly in Anhui Province, China |
| title_fullStr | Gender specific cut-off points of age for disability among rural elderly in Anhui Province, China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender specific cut-off points of age for disability among rural elderly in Anhui Province, China |
| title_short | Gender specific cut-off points of age for disability among rural elderly in Anhui Province, China |
| title_sort | gender specific cut off points of age for disability among rural elderly in anhui province china |
| topic | disability age ROC curve elderly Chinese |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.945849/full |
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