Exploring Racial and Ethnic Differences in Recovery Maintenance From Mobility Limitation.
Autor: Latham-Mintus, Kenzie
Publication year: 2020
Journal of aging and health
issn:1552-6887 0898-2643
doi: 10.1177/0898264319826790
Abstract:
Objective: This research examines whether racial and ethnic minorities experience less recovery maintenance (i.e., maintaining their recovery status 2 years later). Method: Using Waves 4-12 (1998-2014) of Health and Retirement Study (HRS), this research examines recovery maintenance among a group of older adults who have previously recovered from mobility limitation. Outcomes included newly acquired mobility limitation (reference), recovery maintenance, and death/attrition. Additional analyses examined whether recovery maintenance predicted disability onset. Results: Analyses used multinomial logistic regression to estimate the odds of recovery maintenance 2 years later. After adjusting for socioeconomic status, there were no significant differences in recovery maintenance among older White and minority adults. Recovery maintenance was a robust predictor of subsequent disability onset; there was suggestive evidence that the effect of recovery maintenance on disability onset varied by race. Discussion: This research provides evidence that the higher rates of recovery among minorities is a form of physical resilience.
Language: eng
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Pmid: 30698483
Tags: Humans; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Female; Male; Middle Aged; recovery; Time Factors; Social Class; Logistic Models; Health Surveys; *Ethnicity; disability; resilience; *Recovery of Function; race and ethnicity; United States/ethnology; *Mobility Limitation; mobility limitation; *Race Factors; minority aging
Link: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30698483/
