TY - JOUR
T1 - Care available to severely disabled older persons living at home in Florence, Italy
AU - Di Bari, Mauro
AU - Pecchioli, Alessandro
AU - Mazzaglia, Giampiero
AU - Marini, Monica
AU - Maciocco, Gavino
AU - Ferrucci, Luigi
AU - Marchionni, Niccolò
PY - 2008/2
Y1 - 2008/2
N2 - Aims: To characterize the epidemiology of disability in, and the level of care available to, older community-dwellers in an Italian urban sample. Methods: In a 2-phase survey, persons aged 65+ years, randomly selected from the patients lists of 98 primary care physicians (PCP), were screened (phase I) by their PCP with a structured questionnaire to detect the presence of: 1) need of help in performing Basic and 2) Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (BADL, IADL); 3) poor vision or 4) hearing; 5) weight loss; 6) use of homecare services; 7) self-perceived inadequacy of income. Subjects reporting 2+ problems were further evaluated in face-to-face structured interviews (phase II). Results: Of 5445 participants, 597 (11%) screened positive in phase I and 416 were interviewed in phase II. Of these, 4, 29, 19 and 49% were disabled in 1-2 IADL, 3+ IADL, 1-2 BADL, and 3+ BADL. The extent of the support network increased with disability severity (p
AB - Aims: To characterize the epidemiology of disability in, and the level of care available to, older community-dwellers in an Italian urban sample. Methods: In a 2-phase survey, persons aged 65+ years, randomly selected from the patients lists of 98 primary care physicians (PCP), were screened (phase I) by their PCP with a structured questionnaire to detect the presence of: 1) need of help in performing Basic and 2) Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (BADL, IADL); 3) poor vision or 4) hearing; 5) weight loss; 6) use of homecare services; 7) self-perceived inadequacy of income. Subjects reporting 2+ problems were further evaluated in face-to-face structured interviews (phase II). Results: Of 5445 participants, 597 (11%) screened positive in phase I and 416 were interviewed in phase II. Of these, 4, 29, 19 and 49% were disabled in 1-2 IADL, 3+ IADL, 1-2 BADL, and 3+ BADL. The extent of the support network increased with disability severity (p
KW - ASSI survey
KW - Disability
KW - Healthcare
KW - Home-bound elderly
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M3 - Article
C2 - 18283226
AN - SCOPUS:40849142384
SN - 1594-0667
VL - 20
SP - 31
EP - 39
JO - Aging clinical and experimental research
JF - Aging clinical and experimental research
IS - 1
ER -