Prospects of activity limitations among older adults in 23 low and middle income countries.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
26 06 2020
26 06 2020
Historique:
received:
26
07
2019
accepted:
31
05
2020
entrez:
28
6
2020
pubmed:
28
6
2020
medline:
15
12
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Increasing life expectancy and a growing share of older people around the world spotlight the issue of health during additional years of life. Research on trends of proportions of older people with activity limitations for low and middle income countries is sparse. We use data from the World Health Survey and the UN World Population Prospects to predict prevalence of activity limitations for 23 low and middle income countries for the upcoming 30 years. Our projections highlight huge variation in the proportion of older adults with limitations across investigated countries and this variation is not expected to diminish. However, these countries are facing considerable demographic changes and even though prevalence rates appear almost constant, absolute numbers are changing which require policy interventions. Furthermore, variations across countries reflect not only disparities in health conditions, but also differences in cultural peculiarities of reporting and historical perception of health.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32591610
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-67166-4
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-67166-4
pmc: PMC7319965
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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