To determine the main factors associated with disability in older people in Colombia, adjusted according to structural determinants and intermediaries of healthy aging. Bhutan Email List Methods This study used cross-sectional data from 23,694 adults over 60 years of age from the national survey Colombia SABE. Structural determinants such as demographic and socioeconomic status variables were analyzed. The intermediate variables were classified into three blocks: Bhutan Email List intrinsic capacity, physical and built environment, and health care systems. Data analysis used logistic regression with multiple variables.
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Results The prevalence of general disability Bhutan Email List was 21% in daily activity, 38% in daily instrumental activity, and 33% in mobility-related disability. Disability was associated with sociodemographic structural determinants, such as advanced age, female gender, residence in rural settings, being single or divorced, living alone, a low educational level, and having indigenous or black ethnicity. Regarding the determinants related Bhutan Email List to socioeconomic status, the main influence on disability was low net income, low socioeconomic status, insufficient income perception, and a subsidized health insurance plan. Intermediary determinants of intrinsic ability, such as self-reported ill health, multimorbidity, low fist strength, Conclusions Bhutan Email List . Measures that have an effect on the main factors associated with disability, such as reducing health inequities, through policies, strategies and activities, can significantly contribute to the well-being and quality of life of Colombian older people.
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To determine if there is a relationship between physical mobility and the lack of social Bhutan Email List support in older people living in high Andean communities in Peru. Methods Observational, analytical and retrospective study based on the database of a previous cross-sectional investigation with information from 449 people aged 60 years or more who participated in the ANDES-FRAIL project Bhutan Email List . The dependent variable was mobility, evaluated according to the Short Physical Performance Battery instrument.; the independent variable was social support, assessed using an item from the Edmonton frailty questionnaire. Sociodemographic parameters, comorbidities, the number of drugs commonly used and the scores received in various instruments were used as covariates: the Barthel index to determine functionality in older people, the Yesavage questionnaire to assess depression in the elderly, among others. Bhutan Email List The frequencies and percentages of the categorical variables were calculated. An adjusted model was developed with the variables that were statistically significant in the bifactorial logistic regression analysis.
