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| A survey among the elderly in Sweden with emphasis on locomotor disability | | Author(s) | Gunnel Gustafsson, Elisabeth Hamrin, Margaretha Minhage |
| Journal title | Health Care in Later Life, vol 1, no 2, May 1996 |
| Pages | pp 105-117 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Physical disabilities ; Living in the community ; Screening ; Income [older people] ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of locomotor disturbances among older people in the county of Jönköping and the county of Värmland in Sweden. A screening questionnaire was sent to a random sample of subjects aged between 60 and 99, the majority of whom lived in their own homes. Findings revealed that 20.9% and 22.7% respectively experienced difficulties with indoor and outdoor mobility. In the county of Jönköping, 44.3% of the respondents reported some form of impairment affecting their mobility. The corresponding figure for Värmland was 49.9%. The dominant cause was back complaints. Chronic pain was also reported by 25% and 30%, respectively, as a contributory cause of mobility difficulties. The results from the two counties agreed well with each other and also with other studies in Europe and the Nordic countries. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980212209 A |
| Classmark | C4: BN: K4: 3V: JF: 76P |
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