TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparisons of the Association of Family and Social Factors With Functional Limitations Across the United States, Mexico, and South Korea
T2 - Findings From the HRS Family of Surveys
AU - Hong, Ickpyo
AU - Pryor, Loree
AU - Wong, Rebeca
AU - Ottenbacher, Kenneth J.
AU - Reistetter, Timothy A.
N1 - Funding Information:
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5404-7646 Hong Ickpyo PhD, OTR 1 Pryor Loree OTD, OTR 1 Wong Rebeca PhD 1 Ottenbacher Kenneth J. PhD, OTR 1 Reistetter Timothy A. PhD, OTR 2 1 University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA 2 University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, TX, USA Ickpyo Hong, Assistant Professor, Division of Rehabilitation Sciences, School of Health Professions, University of Texas Medical Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555-1137, USA. Email: ichong@utmb.edu 10 2019 0898264319878549 © The Author(s) 2019 2019 SAGE Publications Objective: The association of family and social factors with the level of functional limitations was examined across the United States, Mexico, and Korea. Method: Participants included adults from the 2012 Health and Retirement Study ( n = 10,017), Mexican Health and Aging Study ( n = 6,367), and Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging ( n = 4,134). A common functional limitation scale was created based on Rasch analysis with a higher score indicating better physical function. Results: The American older adults (3.65 logits) had better physical function compared with Mexican (2.81 logits) and Korean older adults (1.92 logits). There were different associations of family and social factors with functional limitations across the three countries. Discussion: The American older adults demonstrated less functional limitation compared with Mexican and Korean older adults at the population level. The findings indicate the need to interpret carefully the individual family and social factors associated with functional limitations within the unique context of each country. family structure social environment older adults functional limitations NIH Clinical Center https://doi.org/10.13039/100000098 K12 HD055929 National Institute on Aging https://doi.org/10.13039/100000049 R01AG018016 National Institute on Aging https://doi.org/10.13039/100000049 U01AG009740 edited-state corrected-proof The authors thank Sarah Toombs Smith, PhD, at the University of Texas Medical Branch, for assistance with editing the manuscript. She received no consideration for this effort beyond her salary at the institution. Declaration of Conflicting Interests The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported in part by grant #K12 HD055929 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH. The Health and Retirement Study (HRS) is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA U01AG009740) and the Social Security Administration. The Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) is partly sponsored by the National Institutes of Health/National Institute on Aging (grant #NIH R01AG018016) and the INEGI in Mexico. Data files and documentation for the HRS and MHAS are public use and available at https://hrs.isr.umich.edu and http://www.MHASweb.org . ORCID iD Ickpyo Hong https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5404-7646 Supplemental Material Supplemental material for this article is available online.
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PY - 2020/10
Y1 - 2020/10
N2 - Objective: The association of family and social factors with the level of functional limitations was examined across the United States, Mexico, and Korea. Method: Participants included adults from the 2012 Health and Retirement Study (n = 10,017), Mexican Health and Aging Study (n = 6,367), and Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (n = 4,134). A common functional limitation scale was created based on Rasch analysis with a higher score indicating better physical function. Results: The American older adults (3.65 logits) had better physical function compared with Mexican (2.81 logits) and Korean older adults (1.92 logits). There were different associations of family and social factors with functional limitations across the three countries. Discussion: The American older adults demonstrated less functional limitation compared with Mexican and Korean older adults at the population level. The findings indicate the need to interpret carefully the individual family and social factors associated with functional limitations within the unique context of each country.
AB - Objective: The association of family and social factors with the level of functional limitations was examined across the United States, Mexico, and Korea. Method: Participants included adults from the 2012 Health and Retirement Study (n = 10,017), Mexican Health and Aging Study (n = 6,367), and Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (n = 4,134). A common functional limitation scale was created based on Rasch analysis with a higher score indicating better physical function. Results: The American older adults (3.65 logits) had better physical function compared with Mexican (2.81 logits) and Korean older adults (1.92 logits). There were different associations of family and social factors with functional limitations across the three countries. Discussion: The American older adults demonstrated less functional limitation compared with Mexican and Korean older adults at the population level. The findings indicate the need to interpret carefully the individual family and social factors associated with functional limitations within the unique context of each country.
KW - family structure
KW - functional limitations
KW - older adults
KW - social environment
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U2 - 10.1177/0898264319878549
DO - 10.1177/0898264319878549
M3 - Article
C2 - 31583929
AN - SCOPUS:85074044264
SN - 0898-2643
VL - 32
SP - 1042
EP - 1051
JO - Journal of Aging and Health
JF - Journal of Aging and Health
IS - 9
ER -