Contents

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Poetic Dedication

Foreword

Terrie T. Wetle, Richard J. Havlik

Introduction

Linda P. Fried, Judith D. Kasper, Jack M. Guralnik, Eleanor M. Simonsick

Chapter 1 -- Screening the Community-Dwelling Population for Disability

Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Karen J. Bandeen-Roche, Judith D. Kasper

Chapter 2 -- Disability: The Spectrum of Function in Moderately to Severely Disabled Older Women

Linda P. Fried, Judith D. Kasper, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Scott L. Zeger

Chapter 3 -- Adaptation to Disability

Jeff D. Williamson, Linda P. Fried

Chapter 4 -- Physical Performance Measures

Luigi Ferrucci, Jack M. Guralnik, Karen J. Bandeen-Roche, Mary E. Lafferty, Marco Pahor, Linda P. Fried

Chapter 5 -- The Daily Lives of Disabled Older Women

Eleanor M. Simonsick, Caroline L. Phillips, Elizabeth A. Skinner, Donna Davis, Judith D. Kasper

Chapter 6 -- Utilization of Health Services, Insurance Coverage, and Ability to Afford Care

Marcel E. Salive, Judith D. Kasper, Elizabeth A. Skinner, Sam Shapiro

Chapter 7 -- Instrumental and Emotional Support

Judith D. Kasper, Caroline L. Phillips, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Pearl S. German

Chapter 8 -- Mental Health and General Well-Being

Judith D. Kasper, Eleanor M. Simonsick

Chapter 9 -- Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes

M. Chiara Corti, Jeff D. Williamson, Caroline L. Phillips, Farida Rautaharju, Pentti M. Rautaharju, Luigi Ferrucci, Frederick L. Brancati, Linda P. Fried

Chapter 10 -- Exercise Tolerance and Body Composition

Eleanor M. Simonsick, Linda P. Fried

Chapter 11 -- Pulmonary Diseases and Conditions

Marcel E. Salive, Marco Pahor, Melvyn S. Tockman

Chapter 12 -- Musculoskeletal Disease

Marc C. Hochberg, M. Chiara Corti, Luigi Ferrucci, Jack M. Guralnik

Chapter 13 -- Neurological Conditions

Luigi Ferrucci, Steven J. Kittner, M. Chiara Corti, Jack M. Guralnik

Chapter 14 -- Vision and Hearing

Gary S. Rubin, Marcel E. Salive

Chapter 15 -- Medication Use

Marco Pahor, Marcel E. Salive, S. Lori Brown

Chapter 16 -- Hematologic, Biochemical, and Hormonal Characteristics

Jeff D. Williamson, Patricia Maloney, Elizabeth A. Skinner, M. Chiara Corti, Frederick L. Brancati, Paul W. Ladenson, Jack M. Guralnik, Linda P. Fried

Appendix A -- Sample Design, Weighting and Estimation Procedures, and Computation of Sampling Errors - (pdf)

Adam Chu, Carla E. Maffeo, Annie Lo, David Morganstein, Karen J. Bandeen-Roche, Judith D. Kasper, Dwight B. Brock

Appendix B -- Questionnaires - (pdf)

Contents

Screening questionnaire

Baseline questionnaire

Appendix C -- Interviewer's Physical Assessment - (pdf)

Appendix D -- Home Physical Examination - (pdf)

Appendix E -- Disease Ascertainment Algorithms - (pdf)

Linda P. Fried, Judith D. Kasper, Jeff D. Williamson, Elizabeth A. Skinner, Carol D. Morris, and Marc C. Hochberg for the Disease Ascertainment Working Group

Appendix F -- Miscellaneous Forms - (pdf)

Disease surveillance forms mailed to physicians

Medical record abstract form

Knee and hip X-ray reading forms

Hand photograph scoring form