Disparities in mortality by disability: an 11-year follow-up study of 1 million individuals

Park, Jung Min; Oh, Ukchan; Roh, Beop-Rae; Moon, Yeongmin

doi:10.1007/s00038-017-0966-5

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“…The association between disability and mortality has also been observed in high-income countries (HIC). 18–21 This is seen even after adjusting for a wide range of comorbidities, 22–24 suggesting that the association between disability and mortality is not solely due to conditions predisposing to both disability and death. Nonetheless, contexts differ widely between high-resource settings and rural Malawi, hence these findings may not be generalisable to our setting.…”

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Self-reported disability in relation to mortality in rural Malawi: a longitudinal study of over 16 000 adults

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ObjectivesWe investigated whether self-reported disability was associated with mortality in adults in rural Malawi.SettingKaronga Health and Demographic Surveillance Site (HDSS), Northern Malawi.ParticipantsAll adults aged 18 and over residing in the HDSS were eligible to participate. During annual censuses in 2014 and 2015, participants were asked if they experienced difficulty in any of six functional domains and were classified as having disabilities if they reported ‘a lot of difficulty’ or ‘can’t do at all’ in any domain. Mortality data were collected until 31 December 2017. 16 748 participants (10 153 women and 6595 men) were followed up for a median of 29 months.Primary and secondary outcome measuresWe used Poisson regression to examine the relationship between disability and all-cause mortality adjusting for confounders. We assessed whether this relationship altered in the context of obesity, hypertension, diabetes or HIV. We also evaluated whether mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCD) was higher among people who had reported disability, as determined by verbal autopsy.ResultsAt baseline, 7.6% reported a disability and the overall adult mortality rate was 9.1/1000 person-years. Adults reporting disability had an all-cause mortality rate 2.70 times higher than those without, and mortality rate from NCDs 2.33 times higher than those without.ConclusionsSelf-reported disability predicts mortality at all adult ages in rural Malawi. Interventions to improve access to healthcare and other services are needed.

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Self-reported disability in relation to mortality in rural Malawi: a longitudinal study of over 16 000 adults

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“…The presence of disability is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Some studies have shown the association between the severity of disability and prognosis, but there were differences in the methods defining disability and cut-off value for severity [25,26]. In addition, Son et al [25] showed that the presence of disability was associated with poor prognosis, but prognosis did not differ between mild and severe disability.…”

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The relationship between disability and clinical outcomes in maintenance dialysis patients

Kang¹,

Young²,

Kim³

2021

Yeungnam Univ J Med

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Patients with end-stage renal disease require renal replacement therapy, which includes dialysis and kidney transplantation. Although kidney transplantation is the best option for renal replacement therapies, most patients undergo dialysis. In the United States, 124,114 patients were diagnosed with incident end-stage renal disease; among them, 87.8% underwent hemodialysis (HD) and 9.6% underwent peritoneal dialysis (PD) [1]. Dialysis patients

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“…The choice of the current matching variables was based on their empirical link with mortality (e.g. Grundy & Kravdal, 2007;Lundin, Lundberg, Hallsten, Ottosson, & Hemmingsson, 2010;Park, Oh, Roh, & Moon, 2017) but was also contingent upon their availability throughout the entire study period. Relying on a broader set of mortality-related factors, including but not limited to medical conditions, doctor visits, and social participation, would likely have optimized the prediction of [partner] death within the study.…”

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Until death do us part: The codevelopment of life satisfaction in couples preceding the death of one partner.

Wünsche¹,

Weidmann²,

Grob³

2020

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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Disparities in mortality by disability: an 11-year follow-up study of 1 million individuals

Abstract: Disabilities are important markers of high risk of mortality. Findings call for actions to reduce mortality risk of people with disabilities, including preventing suicidal behaviors of those with mental disability.

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Self-reported disability in relation to mortality in rural Malawi: a longitudinal study of over 16 000 adults

Self-reported disability in relation to mortality in rural Malawi: a longitudinal study of over 16 000 adults

The relationship between disability and clinical outcomes in maintenance dialysis patients

Until death do us part: The codevelopment of life satisfaction in couples preceding the death of one partner.

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