Cargando…
THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON GENDER DISPARITIES IN DISABILITY TRENDS
Objective. In Taiwan as well as in many other aging societies, decreasing disability is a key public health priority. Gender is known to be a significant factor for developing disability. Our study aimed to examine gender disparities in disability trends as well as how sociodemographic factors influ...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Oxford University Press
2019
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6845244/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.926 |
_version_ | 1783468619612553216 |
---|---|
author | Chen, Ya-Mei Yu, Hsiao-Wei Chiang, Tung-Liang Chen, Duan-Rung Tu, Yu-Kang |
author_facet | Chen, Ya-Mei Yu, Hsiao-Wei Chiang, Tung-Liang Chen, Duan-Rung Tu, Yu-Kang |
author_sort | Chen, Ya-Mei |
collection | PubMed |
description | Objective. In Taiwan as well as in many other aging societies, decreasing disability is a key public health priority. Gender is known to be a significant factor for developing disability. Our study aimed to examine gender disparities in disability trends as well as how sociodemographic factors influence these disparities. Methods. We used multiple-group latent growth curve modeling (MG-LGM) to examine data drawn from the Taiwanese Longitudinal Study of Aging, a longitudinal and nationally representative survey database. Four waves of survey data and 3,429 older adults (mean ages = 50-96) were included for analysis. Disability trajectories among men and women were modeled separately using MG-LGM. Equality constraints were imposed on the six factors assessed: age, education, leisure activities, perceived (self-rated) health, health behaviors, and comorbidities. Results. Baseline disability levels were not significantly different between the two groups, but once disability began, the progression toward greater disability was almost 50% faster among older women. Greater age and more comorbidities added significantly more to baseline disability and speed of progression among older women than among older men (p < 0.001). However, having better health behaviors (e.g., no alcohol, more leisure activities) reduced baseline disability significantly more among women (p < 0.05). Particularly interesting findings include that perceived health reduced baseline disability only among men (p < 0.05), while having a better social network reduced baseline disability only among women (p < 0.05). Conclusion. For older women, disability prevention is crucial, and promoting positive health behaviors and strong social networks are promising strategies. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-6845244 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2019 |
publisher | Oxford University Press |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-68452442019-11-18 THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON GENDER DISPARITIES IN DISABILITY TRENDS Chen, Ya-Mei Yu, Hsiao-Wei Chiang, Tung-Liang Chen, Duan-Rung Tu, Yu-Kang Innov Aging Session 1300 (Poster) Objective. In Taiwan as well as in many other aging societies, decreasing disability is a key public health priority. Gender is known to be a significant factor for developing disability. Our study aimed to examine gender disparities in disability trends as well as how sociodemographic factors influence these disparities. Methods. We used multiple-group latent growth curve modeling (MG-LGM) to examine data drawn from the Taiwanese Longitudinal Study of Aging, a longitudinal and nationally representative survey database. Four waves of survey data and 3,429 older adults (mean ages = 50-96) were included for analysis. Disability trajectories among men and women were modeled separately using MG-LGM. Equality constraints were imposed on the six factors assessed: age, education, leisure activities, perceived (self-rated) health, health behaviors, and comorbidities. Results. Baseline disability levels were not significantly different between the two groups, but once disability began, the progression toward greater disability was almost 50% faster among older women. Greater age and more comorbidities added significantly more to baseline disability and speed of progression among older women than among older men (p < 0.001). However, having better health behaviors (e.g., no alcohol, more leisure activities) reduced baseline disability significantly more among women (p < 0.05). Particularly interesting findings include that perceived health reduced baseline disability only among men (p < 0.05), while having a better social network reduced baseline disability only among women (p < 0.05). Conclusion. For older women, disability prevention is crucial, and promoting positive health behaviors and strong social networks are promising strategies. Oxford University Press 2019-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6845244/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.926 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Session 1300 (Poster) Chen, Ya-Mei Yu, Hsiao-Wei Chiang, Tung-Liang Chen, Duan-Rung Tu, Yu-Kang THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON GENDER DISPARITIES IN DISABILITY TRENDS |
title | THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON GENDER DISPARITIES IN DISABILITY TRENDS |
title_full | THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON GENDER DISPARITIES IN DISABILITY TRENDS |
title_fullStr | THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON GENDER DISPARITIES IN DISABILITY TRENDS |
title_full_unstemmed | THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON GENDER DISPARITIES IN DISABILITY TRENDS |
title_short | THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS ON GENDER DISPARITIES IN DISABILITY TRENDS |
title_sort | influence of sociodemographic factors on gender disparities in disability trends |
topic | Session 1300 (Poster) |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6845244/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.926 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT chenyamei theinfluenceofsociodemographicfactorsongenderdisparitiesindisabilitytrends AT yuhsiaowei theinfluenceofsociodemographicfactorsongenderdisparitiesindisabilitytrends AT chiangtungliang theinfluenceofsociodemographicfactorsongenderdisparitiesindisabilitytrends AT chenduanrung theinfluenceofsociodemographicfactorsongenderdisparitiesindisabilitytrends AT tuyukang theinfluenceofsociodemographicfactorsongenderdisparitiesindisabilitytrends AT chenyamei influenceofsociodemographicfactorsongenderdisparitiesindisabilitytrends AT yuhsiaowei influenceofsociodemographicfactorsongenderdisparitiesindisabilitytrends AT chiangtungliang influenceofsociodemographicfactorsongenderdisparitiesindisabilitytrends AT chenduanrung influenceofsociodemographicfactorsongenderdisparitiesindisabilitytrends AT tuyukang influenceofsociodemographicfactorsongenderdisparitiesindisabilitytrends |