Interactions between neighborhood characteristics and individual functional status in relation to disability among Québec urbanites

Conceptual and Operational Considerations in Identifying Socioenvironmental Factors Associated with Disability among Community-Dwelling Adults

“…Our searches yielded 12,346 articles, of which 35 met the three inclusion criteria [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 , 32 , 33 , 34 , 35 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 , 45 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 ]. This article base was then supplemented with an additional eight articles [ 58 , 59 , 60 , 61 , 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 ] identified in the references of the 35 articles identified in our searches.…”

“…Thirteen studies referenced an explicit conceptual framework specific to disability [ 25 , 27 , 30 , 31 , 33 , 34 , 43 , 45 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 52 , 59 ]. Balfour & Kaplan [ 25 ] positioned their disability measure in relation to Nagi’s model [ 2 ] without hypothesising a specific pathway.…”

“…Balfour & Kaplan [ 25 ] positioned their disability measure in relation to Nagi’s model [ 2 ] without hypothesising a specific pathway. Five studies [ 30 , 31 , 33 , 34 , 50 ] referred to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) [ 3 ]. In defining disability as a person–context interaction, Levasseur et al [ 45 ] referred to the Disability Creation Process [ 1 ], Philibert et al [ 50 ] referred to the latter model but also to the ICF and Verbrugge and Jette’s model [ 4 ], whereas Rantakokko et al [ 52 ] referred to Verbrugge and Jette and to Lawton and Nahemow [ 66 ].…”

“…Seven studies [ 27 , 43 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 52 , 59 ] referred to Verbrugge and Jette’s model. Among these, four studies [ 48 , 49 , 50 , 59 ] postulated socioenvironmental factors as influencing the pathway from functional limitations ( i.e. , individual-level) to disability.…”

“…Two studies drawing on questions from the US census used different questions [ 26 , 62 ]. Three other studies [ 24 , 49 , 50 ] used general survey questions regarding limitations in daily activities with varying levels of precision in referring to activities. Four studies integrated aspects of social roles and interactions [ 28 , 32 , 45 , 53 ].…”