Black-white differences in health-related quality of life among older adults.

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Kimberly A Skarupski,Carlos F Mendes de Leon,Julia L Bienias,Paul A Scherr,Matthew M Zack,David G Moriarty,Denis A Evans,

Very little information exists on racial differences in quality of life among older adults. In this paper, we examine black-white differences in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and identify factors that may account for these differences. The participants were 5,986 community-dwelling persons age 65+ (62% black at baseline) from the Chicago Health and Aging Project. Poor HRQOL was defined as having 14 or more self-reported physically or mentally unhealthy days over the past 30 days. A higher proportion of blacks (11.0%) than whites (9.7%) reported poor HRQOL. After adjusting for age and sex, blacks had increased odds of reporting poor HRQOL compared with whites (odds ratio [OR] = 1.72; 95% CI: 1.50-1.98). The black-white differences in HRQOL tended to increase with age (p < 0.05) and were greater among females (p < 0.05). Lifetime socioeconomic status, summary measures of medical conditions, and cognitive function accounted for most of the black-white difference (OR = 1.06; 95% CI: 0.89-1.27). Our results suggest that racial differences in HRQOL are associated with the combined effects of social disadvantage, poor physical health, and lower cognitive function.

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KA Skarupski,CF de Leon,JL Bienias,PA Scherr,MM Zack,DG Moriarty,DA Evans,

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, N.I.H., Extr

Journal: Quality of life research : an international journa

VOLUME: 16

Page Numbers: 287-96

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ISSN: 0962-9343

DAY: 11

MONTH: 10

YEAR: 2006

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KEYWORDS: Quality of Life

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AFFILIATION: Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 W. Jackson, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612-3227, USA. Kimberly_Skarupski@rush.edu

Country: Netherlands

AGENCY: United States NIEHS

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