Functional limitations among home health care users in the National Health Interview Survey Supplement on Aging.
A case-control study compared home health care (HHC) users from the 1984 Supplement on Aging to users of other community services and of no community service, matched on age and gender. Examination of specific activities of daily living (ADLs), instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), and sociodemographic variables showed that HHC users were significantly more limited than controls in every ADL and IADL. In multivariate analyses, HHC use was significantly associated with three ADLs (dressing, going outside, bathing), two IADLs (shopping, heavy housework), and poor health status.
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Department of Family Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore 21201.
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D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006306:Health Surveys; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States