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- Title
The Impact of Veteran Status on Life-Space Mobility among Older Black and White Men in the Deep South.
- Authors
McCaskill, Gina M.; Sawyer, Patricia; Burgio, Kathryn L.; Kennedy, Richard; Williams, Courtney P.; Clay, Olivio J.; Brown, Cynthia J.; Allman, Richard M.
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To examine life-space mobility over 8.5 years among older Black and White male veterans and non-veterans in the Deep South.<bold>Design: </bold>A prospective longitudinal study of community-dwelling Black and White male adults aged >65 years (N=501; mean age=74.9; 50% Black and 50% White) enrolled in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Study of Aging. Data from baseline in-home assessments with follow-up telephone assessments of life-space mobility completed every 6 months were used in linear mixed-effects modeling analyses to examine life-space mobility trajectories.<bold>Main Outcome Measures: </bold>Life-space mobility.<bold>Results: </bold>In comparison to veterans, non-veterans were more likely to be Black, single, and live in rural areas. They also reported lower income and education. Veterans had higher baseline life-space (73.7 vs 64.9 for non-veterans; P<.001). Race-veteran subgroup analyses revealed significant differences in demographics, comorbidity, cognition, and physical function. Relative to Black veterans, there were significantly greater declines in life-space trajectories for White non-veterans (P=.009), but not for White veterans (P=.807) nor Black non-veterans (P=.633). Mortality at 8.5 years was 43.5% for veterans and 49.5% for non-veterans (P=.190) with no significant differences by race-veteran status.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>Veterans had significantly higher baseline life-space mobility. There were significantly greater declines in life-space trajectories for White non-veterans in comparison to other race-veteran subgroups. Black veterans and non-veterans did not have significantly different trajectories.
- Subjects
MEDICAL care of veterans; VETERANS' health; RACE discrimination in medical care; AFRICAN American veterans; MOBILITY of older people; BLACK people; COMPARATIVE studies; LONGITUDINAL method; VETERANS; MEN'S health; QUALITY of life; RACE; RESEARCH funding; SOCIAL participation; WHITE people; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; HEALTH equity; INDEPENDENT living
- Publication
Ethnicity & Disease, 2015, Vol 25, Issue 3, p255
- ISSN
1049-510X
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.18865/ed.25.3.255