TY - JOUR
T1 - Examination of Cancer and Aging Through Activities of Daily Living
T2 - A National Health and Aging Trends Study Analysis
AU - Brick, Rachelle
AU - Skidmore, Elizabeth R.
AU - Al Snih, Soham
AU - Terhorst, Lauren
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS) sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA U01AG032947) through a cooperative agreement with the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Rachelle Brick completed this research as a Visiting Scholar through The Center for Rehabilitation Research using Large Datasets at the University of Texas Medical Branch (funded by the National Institutes of Health - National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research in the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke [grant # R24-HD065702])
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© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Objectives: This study longitudinally examined how older adult cancer survivors perceive disability in activities of daily living over time compared to older adults who have not had cancer. Methods: This was a secondary analysis of the National Health and Aging Trends Study examining participants with a new cancer diagnosis and age-, gender-, and comorbidity-matched comparison participants without a history of cancer. Generalized linear mixed models examined time and group interaction and main effects in disability. Results: There was a significant main effect of time (F4,771 = 12.81; p <.0001) demonstrating increasing disability levels for both groups. There were significant group differences, with higher disability in the cancer group than the comparison group (β = 0.628, SE = 0.263; t = 2.39, p = 0.017). Discussion: Although perceived disability was greater immediately following cancer diagnosis, older adult cancer survivors and comparison participants appear to have similar perceived disability over time.
AB - Objectives: This study longitudinally examined how older adult cancer survivors perceive disability in activities of daily living over time compared to older adults who have not had cancer. Methods: This was a secondary analysis of the National Health and Aging Trends Study examining participants with a new cancer diagnosis and age-, gender-, and comorbidity-matched comparison participants without a history of cancer. Generalized linear mixed models examined time and group interaction and main effects in disability. Results: There was a significant main effect of time (F4,771 = 12.81; p <.0001) demonstrating increasing disability levels for both groups. There were significant group differences, with higher disability in the cancer group than the comparison group (β = 0.628, SE = 0.263; t = 2.39, p = 0.017). Discussion: Although perceived disability was greater immediately following cancer diagnosis, older adult cancer survivors and comparison participants appear to have similar perceived disability over time.
KW - activities of daily living
KW - cancer rehabilitation
KW - neoplasm
KW - older adults
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U2 - 10.1177/08982643211017656
DO - 10.1177/08982643211017656
M3 - Article
C2 - 33961520
AN - SCOPUS:85105565756
SN - 0898-2643
VL - 33
SP - 877
EP - 885
JO - Journal of Aging and Health
JF - Journal of Aging and Health
IS - 10
ER -