How large is the bias in self‐reported disability?

Benı́tez-Silva, Hugo; Buchinsky, Moshe; Chan, Hiu Man; Cheidvasser, Sofia; Rust, John

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“…Furthermore, little bias was observed when the responses of Health and Retirement Study participants were compared to the criterion standard of U.S. Social Security Administration disability insurance benefit decisions [26]. The outcome of workforce exit was based on the “labor force status” variable in the RAND Health and Retirement Study Data file [27], which summarizes the labor force status for each respondent at each interview into mutually exclusive categories of “working full-time,” “working part-time,” “unemployed,” “partly retired,” “retired,” “disabled,” or “not in the labor force” [28].…”

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Urinary Incontinence, Depression, and Economic Outcomes in a Cohort of Women Between the Ages of 54 and 65 Years

Hung

Awtrey

Tsai

2014

Obstetrics & Gynecology

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Objective To estimate the association between urinary incontinence and probable depression, work disability, and workforce exit. Methods The analytic sample consisted of 4,511 women enrolled in the population-based Health and Retirement Study cohort. The analysis baseline was 1996, the year that questions about urinary incontinence were added to the survey instrument, and at which time study participants were 54–65 years of age. Women were followed with biennial interviews until 2010–2011. Outcomes of interest were onset of probable depression, work disability, and workforce exit. Urinary incontinence was specified in different ways based on questions about experience and frequency of urine loss. We fit Cox proportional hazards regression models to the data, adjusting the estimates for baseline socio-demographic and health status variables previously found to confound the association between urinary incontinence and the outcomes of interest. Results At baseline, 727 participants (survey-weighted prevalence, 16.6 percent; 95% confidence interval [CI], 15.4–18.0) reported any urinary incontinence, of which 212 (survey-weighted prevalence, 29.2 percent; 95% CI, 25.4–33.3) reported urine loss on more than 15 days in the past month; and 1,052 participants were categorized as having probable depression (survey-weighted prevalence, 21.6 percent; 95% CI, 19.8–23.6). Urinary incontinence was associated with increased risks for probable depression (adjusted hazard ratio [AHR], 1.43; 95% CI, 1.27–1.62) and work disability (AHR, 1.21; 95% CI, 1.01–1.45) but not workforce exit (AHR, 1.06; 95% CI, 0.93–1.21). Conclusions In a population-based cohort of women between the ages of 54 and 65, urinary incontinence was associated with increased risks for probable depression and work disability. Improved diagnosis and management of urinary incontinence may yield significant economic and psychosocial benefits.

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Urinary Incontinence, Depression, and Economic Outcomes in a Cohort of Women Between the Ages of 54 and 65 Years

Hung

Awtrey

Tsai

2014

Obstetrics & Gynecology

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“…However the literature is conflicting on the extent of state-dependent reporting bias in subjective measures of health [2,10,14–17]. Faced with this uncertainty, measures of health that are believed to be more objective have been proposed and used.…”

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Health and Retirement in Europe

Hagan

Jones

Rice

2009

IJERPH

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We use discrete-time hazard models with internationally comparable data from the full eight waves of the European Community Household Panel (ECHP) to study the relationship between retirement and health in nine European countries. Our results provide new evidence of the relationship of health shocks to early retirement. The pattern of results across countries reflects international differences in the incentives created by social security systems.

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“…Such a model is increasingly used when there is an a priori reason to expect a dependent binary variable to be simultaneously determined with a dichotomous regressor [29–31]. There was, however, statistical evidence of a significant negative correlation in the disturbance terms between two equations, which appears to be counterintuitive.…”

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Persistence of physical activity in middle age: a nonlinear dynamic panel approach

Kumagai

Ogura

2013

Eur J Health Econ

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No prior investigation has considered the effects of state dependence and unobserved heterogeneity on the relationship between regular physical activity (RPA) and latent health stock (LHS). Accounting for state dependence corrects the possible overestimation of the impact of socioeconomic factors. We estimated the degree of the state dependence of RPA and LHS among middle-aged Japanese workers. The 5 years’ longitudinal data used in this study were taken from the Longitudinal Survey of Middle and Elderly Persons. Individual heterogeneity was found for both RPA and LHS, and the dynamic random-effects probit model provided the best specification. A smoking habit, low educational attainment, longer work hours, and longer commuting time had negative effects on RPA participation. RPA had positive effects on LHS, taking into consideration the possibility of confounding with other lifestyle variables. The degree of state dependence of LHS was positive and significant. Increasing the intensity of RPA had positive effects on LHS and caused individuals with RPA to exhibit greater persistence of LHS compared to individuals without RPA. This result implies that policy interventions that promote RPA, such as smoking cessation, have lasting consequences. We concluded that smoking cessation is an important health policy to increase both the participation in RPA and LHS.

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How large is the bias in self‐reported disability?

Cited by 184 publications

References 13 publications

Urinary Incontinence, Depression, and Economic Outcomes in a Cohort of Women Between the Ages of 54 and 65 Years

Urinary Incontinence, Depression, and Economic Outcomes in a Cohort of Women Between the Ages of 54 and 65 Years

Health and Retirement in Europe

Persistence of physical activity in middle age: a nonlinear dynamic panel approach

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