title: Worry in older community-residing adults.
abstract: With rising longevity, increasing numbers of older people are experiencing changes in their everyday family and social life, changes in their financial status, and a greater number of chronic conditions affecting their health. We took the opportunity to explore these relationships with worry in a group of volunteer community-living elderly (n = 310). Findings showed that that those people under 75 years of age had a higher risk of worrying (OR = 1.8, 95% CI = 1.0-3.1) compared to the older age groups. Women worried more than men and an important finding was that those with chronic health conditions such as arthritis of the hip and knee were more prone to worry than those who were healthy or had acute conditions (OR = 3.5, 95% CI = 1.4-8.9). This latter finding suggests the importance placed on the role of the hip and knee in maintaining functional capacity to perform life skills.
authors: Faculty of Health Sciences Cumberland Campus, The University of Sydney, Australia. K.Brock@usyd.edu.au
authors: Kaye
authors: K
authors: Brock
authors: Lindy
authors: L
authors: Clemson
authors: Rosemary
authors: R
authors: Cant
authors: Liang
authors: L
authors: Ke
authors: Robert G
authors: RG
authors: Cumming
authors: Hal
authors: H
authors: Kendig
authors: Mark
authors: M
authors: Mathews
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000453:epidemiology*