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Physical functioning associated with life-space mobility in later life among men and women
BACKGROUND: Life-space mobility is defined as the ability to access different areas extending from the room where the person sleeps to places outside one’s hometown. Life-space mobility is vital to support performance of daily life activities and autonomous participation in social life. However, the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9040227/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35473475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03065-9 |
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author | Fristedt, Sofi Kammerlind, Ann-Sofi Fransson, Eleonor I. Ernsth Bravell, Marie |
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description | BACKGROUND: Life-space mobility is defined as the ability to access different areas extending from the room where the person sleeps to places outside one’s hometown. Life-space mobility is vital to support performance of daily life activities and autonomous participation in social life. However, there is a dearth of research that investigates a wider range of physical functions and functioning in relation to life-space mobility rather than just single aspects. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to identify and describe several measures of physical functioning associated with life-space mobility among older men and women. METHODS: Data used in this study was derived from the OCTO 2 study, a population-based study of health, functioning and mobility among older persons (n = 312) in Sweden. Associations between Life-Space Assessment (LSA) total score and age, sex, Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), dizziness, lung function i.e. Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF), grip strength, self-rated vision and hearing were analysed through bivariate and multivariate regression models. RESULTS: The bivariate models showed that life-space mobility was significantly associated with sex, but also age, SPPB, PEF and grip strength in the total group as well as among men and women. In addition, hearing was significantly associated with life-space mobility among women. Those factors that were statistically significant in the bivariate models were further analysed in multivariable models for the total group, and for men and women separately. In these models, sex, grip strength and SPPB remained significantly associated with life-space mobility in the total group, as well as SPPB among both men and women. CONCLUSION: Sex, physical function in terms of physical performance measured by SPPB (balance, gait speed and chair stand), and grip strength are associated with life-space mobility. Consequently, these factors need to be considered in assessments and interventions aiming to maintain mobility in old age. |
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spelling | pubmed-90402272022-04-27 Physical functioning associated with life-space mobility in later life among men and women Fristedt, Sofi Kammerlind, Ann-Sofi Fransson, Eleonor I. Ernsth Bravell, Marie BMC Geriatr Research BACKGROUND: Life-space mobility is defined as the ability to access different areas extending from the room where the person sleeps to places outside one’s hometown. Life-space mobility is vital to support performance of daily life activities and autonomous participation in social life. However, there is a dearth of research that investigates a wider range of physical functions and functioning in relation to life-space mobility rather than just single aspects. Thus, the purpose of the present study was to identify and describe several measures of physical functioning associated with life-space mobility among older men and women. METHODS: Data used in this study was derived from the OCTO 2 study, a population-based study of health, functioning and mobility among older persons (n = 312) in Sweden. Associations between Life-Space Assessment (LSA) total score and age, sex, Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), dizziness, lung function i.e. Peak Expiratory Flow (PEF), grip strength, self-rated vision and hearing were analysed through bivariate and multivariate regression models. RESULTS: The bivariate models showed that life-space mobility was significantly associated with sex, but also age, SPPB, PEF and grip strength in the total group as well as among men and women. In addition, hearing was significantly associated with life-space mobility among women. Those factors that were statistically significant in the bivariate models were further analysed in multivariable models for the total group, and for men and women separately. In these models, sex, grip strength and SPPB remained significantly associated with life-space mobility in the total group, as well as SPPB among both men and women. CONCLUSION: Sex, physical function in terms of physical performance measured by SPPB (balance, gait speed and chair stand), and grip strength are associated with life-space mobility. Consequently, these factors need to be considered in assessments and interventions aiming to maintain mobility in old age. BioMed Central 2022-04-26 /pmc/articles/PMC9040227/ /pubmed/35473475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03065-9 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Fristedt, Sofi Kammerlind, Ann-Sofi Fransson, Eleonor I. Ernsth Bravell, Marie Physical functioning associated with life-space mobility in later life among men and women |
title | Physical functioning associated with life-space mobility in later life among men and women |
title_full | Physical functioning associated with life-space mobility in later life among men and women |
title_fullStr | Physical functioning associated with life-space mobility in later life among men and women |
title_full_unstemmed | Physical functioning associated with life-space mobility in later life among men and women |
title_short | Physical functioning associated with life-space mobility in later life among men and women |
title_sort | physical functioning associated with life-space mobility in later life among men and women |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9040227/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35473475 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03065-9 |
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