The Impact of Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease on Related Disability in Older Irish Adults
Authors:
- Sharon M. Cruise,
- John Hughes,
- Kathleen Bennett,
- Anne Kouvonen,
- Frank Kee
Abstract
Abstract Objective: The aim of this study is to examine the prevalence of coronary heart disease (CHD)–related disability (hereafter also “disability”) and the impact of CHD risk factors on disability in older adults in the Republic of Ireland (ROI) and Northern Ireland (NI). Method: Population attributable fractions were calculated using risk factor relative risks and disability prevalence derived from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing and the Northern Ireland Health Survey. Results: Disability was significantly lower in ROI (4.1% vs. 8.8%). Smoking and diabetes prevalence rates, and the fraction of disability that could be attributed to smoking (ROI: 6.6%; NI: 6.1%), obesity (ROI: 13.8%; NI: 11.3%), and diabetes (ROI: 6.2%; NI: 7.2%), were comparable in both countries. Physical inactivity (31.3% vs. 54.8%) and depression (10.2% vs. 17.6%) were lower in ROI. Disability attributable to depression (ROI: 16.3%; NI: 25.2%) and physical inactivity (ROI: 27.5%; NI: 39.9%) was lower in ROI. Discussion: Country-specific similarities and differences in the prevalence of disability and associated risk factors will inform public health and social care policy in both countries.
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- SWPSbbd0528f84f94542b3d0c814bf3f2b7d
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- Journal series
- Journal of Aging and Health, ISSN 0898-2643, e-ISSN 1552-6887
- Issue year
- 2019
- Vol
- 31
- No
- 1
- Pages
- 165-184
- Keywords in English
- coronary heart disease, disability, risk factors, relative risk, population attributable fractions (PAFs)
- ASJC Classification
- ; ;
- DOI
- DOI:10.1177/0898264317726242 opening in a new tab
- URL
- http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0898264317726242?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed opening in a new tab
- Language
- (en) English
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- File: 1
- 57. Kouvonen_Cruise et al J Aging Health 2017.pdf
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- File: 1
- 57a. Kouvonen_Cruise et al J Aging Health 2017_oświadczenie.pdf
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- Score (nominal)
- 100
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- journalList
- Publication indicators
- : 2016 = 1.126; : 2017 = 2.134 (2) - 2017=2.501 (5)
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- http://192.168.13.97/info/article/SWPSbbd0528f84f94542b3d0c814bf3f2b7d/
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