Ojagbemi, A;
Estrada, E;
De la Torre-Luque, A;
Moreno-Agostino, D;
Lara, E;
Felix Caballero, F;
Bello, T;
... Luis Ayuso-Mateos, J; + view all
(2022)
Late-life disability trajectories in Yoruba Nigerians and the Spanish population: a state space model in continuous time.
Aging & Mental Health
, 26
(12)
pp. 2447-2453.
10.1080/13607863.2021.2008307.
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Abstract
Objectives: We compared the trajectory of activities of daily living (ADL) in a nationally representative sample of older Nigerians with their Spanish peers and identified factors to explain country-specific growth models. / Methods: Data from two household multistage probability samples were used, comprising older adults from Spain (n = 2,011) and Nigeria (n = 1,704). All participants underwent assessment for ADL. Risk factors including sex, household income, urbanicity, years of education, depression, alcohol consumption and smoking were assessed using validated methods. State-space model in continuous time (SSM-CT) methods were used for trajectory comparison. / Results: Compared with Nigerians (µADL80=0.44, SE = 0.015, p < 0.001), Spanish older adults had higher disability scores (µADL80=1.23, SE = 0.021, p < 0.001). In SSM-CT models, the rate of increase in disability was faster in Nigerians (Nigeria: β = 0.061, p<.01; Spain: β = 0.028, p < 0.010). An increasing course of disability in the Spanish sample was predicted by female sex, lower education and depression diagnosis. / Conclusion: The rate of increase in disability was faster in older Nigerians living in an economically disadvantaged context.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Late-life disability trajectories in Yoruba Nigerians and the Spanish population: a state space model in continuous time |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13607863.2021.2008307 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.2008307 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Functional disability, ADL limitations, compression of disability, low- and middle-income countries, longitudinal cohort |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10141914 |
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