TY - JOUR
T1 - Manual Dexterity as a Correlate of Dependency in the Elderly
AU - Ostwald, Sharon K.
AU - Snowdon, David A.
AU - Rysavy, S. Del Marie
AU - Keenan, Nora L.
AU - Kane, Robert L
PY - 1989/10
Y1 - 1989/10
N2 - Physical and mental correlates of dependent living were determined in 128 Catholic sisters (nuns), aged 75 to 94 years, who had similar social support systems and lifestyles. The primary a priori hypothesis was that poor manual dexterity would correlate strongly with living in the nursing home. Stepwise discriminant analysis indicated that manual dexterity explained 51% of the variance in the sisters' residential living site (ie, nursing home, retirement home, or living in community). The discriminant analysis equation using manual dexterity predicted living site correctly for 63% of the sisters in the nursing home with a specificity of 99%, a positive predictive value of 96% and a negative predictive value of 84%. The addition of age and mental status to the equation improved the prediction only slightly. 1989 The American Geriatrics Society
AB - Physical and mental correlates of dependent living were determined in 128 Catholic sisters (nuns), aged 75 to 94 years, who had similar social support systems and lifestyles. The primary a priori hypothesis was that poor manual dexterity would correlate strongly with living in the nursing home. Stepwise discriminant analysis indicated that manual dexterity explained 51% of the variance in the sisters' residential living site (ie, nursing home, retirement home, or living in community). The discriminant analysis equation using manual dexterity predicted living site correctly for 63% of the sisters in the nursing home with a specificity of 99%, a positive predictive value of 96% and a negative predictive value of 84%. The addition of age and mental status to the equation improved the prediction only slightly. 1989 The American Geriatrics Society
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1989.tb07282.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1989.tb07282.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 2507619
AN - SCOPUS:0024445102
SN - 0002-8614
VL - 37
SP - 963
EP - 969
JO - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
JF - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
IS - 10
ER -