Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 7 , Pages 1262-1266 , July 2008

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Activities of Daily Living Disability Among the Elderly: The Case of Spanish Speakers

  • Manasi A. Tirodkar, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to Manasi A. Tirodkar, PhD, Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University, 750 Lake Shore Dr, 10th Fl, Chicago, IL 60611
    • ,
  • Jing Song, MS

      Affiliations

    • Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Rowland W. Chang, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Arthritis Center, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
    • ,
  • Dorothy D. Dunlop, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Healthcare Studies, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • ,
  • Huan J. Chang, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center in Rheumatology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL
    • Rheumatology Division, Department of Medicine, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL

References 

  1. Bergman M. Census Bureau projects tripling of Hispanic and Asian populations in 50 years; non-Hispanic whites may drop to half of total population. No. CB04-44. http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/population/001720.htmlAccessed December 6, 2006.
  2. Shih VC, Song J, Chang RW, Dunlop DD. Racial differences in activities of daily living limitation onset in older adults with arthritis: a national cohort study. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2005;86:1521–1526
  3. Kington RS, Smith JP. Socioeconomic status and racial and ethnic differences in functional status associated with chronic diseases. Am J Public Health. 1997;87:805–810
  4. Abraido-Lanza AF, White K, Armbrister AN, Link BG. Health status, activity limitations, and disability in work and housework among Latinos and non-Latinos with arthritis: an analysis of national data. Arthritis Rheum. 2006;55:442–450
  5. Arcia E, Skinner M, Bailey D, Correa V. Models of acculturation and health behaviors among Latino immigrants to the US. Soc Sci Med. 2001;53:41–53
  6. Sudano JJ, Baker DW. Explaining US racial/ethnic disparities in health declines and mortality in late middle age: the roles of socioeconomic status, health behaviors, and health insurance. Soc Sci Med. 2006;62:909–922
  7. World Health Organization. International classification of functioning, disability and health: ICF. Geneva: WHO; 2001;
  8. Kleinman A. Patients and healers in the context of culture: an exploration of the borderland between anthropology, medicine, and psychiatry. Berkeley: Univ California Pr; 1980;
  9. Radloff L. The CES-D Scale: a self-report depression scale for research in the general population. J Appl Psychol Meas. 1977;1:385–401
  10. Fonda S, Herzog R. HRS/AHEAD documentation report. Ann Arbor: Survey Research Center, Univ Michigan; 2004;
  11. Lazaridis E, Rudberg M, Furner S, Cassel C. Do activities of daily living have a hierarchical structure? (An analysis using the longitudinal study of aging). J Gerontol. 1994;49:M47–M51
  12. Heeringa S, Connor J. Technical description of the Health and Retirement Study sample design. Ann Arbor: Population Studies Center; 1995;
  13. Health Retirement Study. Sampling weights revised for Tracker 2.0 and beyond. Ann Arbor: Survey Research Center, Univ Michigan; 2002;
  14. Korn E. Analysis of health surveys. New York: John Wiley & Sons; 1999;
  15. Prentice R, Gloeckler L. Regression analysis of group survival data with applications to breast cancer. Biometrics. 1978;347:57–67
  16. Cuellar I, Arnold B, Maldonado R. Acculturation Rating Scale for Mexican Americans-II: a revision of the original ARSMA Scale. Hisp J Behav Sci. 1995;17:275–304
  17. In:  Shweder RA,  LeVine RA editor. Culture theory: essays on mind, self, and emotion. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ Pr; 1984;
  18. In:  Brandt AM,  Paul R editor. Morality and health. New York: Routledge; 1997;
  19. Dunlop D, Hughes S, Manheim L. Disability in activities of daily living: patterns of change and a hierarchy of disability. Am J Public Health. 1997;87:378–383
  20. Travis S, McAuley W. Simple counts of the number of basic ADL dependencies for long-term care research and practice. Health Serv Res. 1990;25:349–360
  21. Mokdad A, Bowman B, Ford E, Vinicor F, Marks J, Koplan J. The continuing epidemics of obesity and diabetes in the United States. JAMA. 2001;286:1195–1200
  22. Otiniano M, Du X, Ottenbacher K, Markides K. The effect of diabetes combined with stroke on disability, self-rated health, and mortality in older Mexican Americans: results from the Hispanic EPESE. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2003;84:725–730

 Supported in part by the National Institute for Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Diseases (grant no. P60-AR48098), the National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research (grant no. R01-HD45412), and an Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training Award, National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (grant no. H133P980014).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the authors or upon any organization with which the authors are associated.

 Published online June 5, 2008 at www.archives-pmr.org.

 Reprints are not available from the author.

PII: S0003-9993(08)00228-1

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.11.042

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 89, Issue 7 , Pages 1262-1266 , July 2008

Article Tools