Journal article
Physical functional limitations among aboriginal and non-aboriginal older adults: Associations with socio-demographic factors and health
L Gubhaju, E Banks, R MacNiven, BJ McNamara, G Joshy, A Bauman, SJ Eades
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2015
Abstract
Background Australian Aboriginal people are disproportionately affected by physical disability; the reasons for this are unclear. This study aimed to quantify associations between severe physical functional limitations and socio-demographic and health-related factors among older Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adults. Methods Questionnaire data from 1,563 Aboriginal and 226,802 non-Aboriginal participants aged ≥45 years from the Sax Institute's 45 and Up Study (New South Wales, Australia) were used to calculate age- and sex-adjusted prevalence ratios (aPRs) for severe limitation [MOS-PF score <60] according to socio-demographic and health-related factors. Results Overall, 26% (410/1563) of Abo..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This work was supported in part by the Victorian Government's OIS Program, National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (Grant Number 1013418) (recipient: Sandra Eades), National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Centre for Research Excellence Grant (recipient: Sandra Eades), and Lowitja Institute (recipient: Lina Gubhaju). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.