Health-related quality of life among adults 65 years and older in the United States, 2011-2012: a multilevel small area estimation approach

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• 作者：Yu-Hsiu Lin ; PhD^a ; Alexander C. McLain ; PhD^b ; Janice C. Probst ; PhD^c ; ^d ; Kevin J. Bennett ; PhD^d ; ^e ; Zaina P. Qureshi ; PhD^b ; Jan M. Eberth ; PhD^b ; ^d ; ^f ; ^{jmeberth@mailbox.sc.edu}
• 关键词：Health-related quality of life ; Older adults ; Multilevel ; Poststratification ; Small area estimation
• 刊名：Annals of Epidemiology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：27
• 期：1
• 页码：52-58
• 全文大小：1542 K
• 卷排序：27

文摘

The purpose of this study was to develop county-level estimates of poor health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among aged 65 years and older U.S. adults and to identify spatial clusters of poor HRQOL using a multilevel, poststratification approach.MethodsMultilevel, random-intercept models were fit to HRQOL data (two domains: physical health and mental health) from the 2011–2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Using a poststratification, small area estimation approach, we generated county-level probabilities of having poor HRQOL for each domain in U.S. adults aged 65 and older, and validated our model-based estimates against state and county direct estimates.ResultsCounty-level estimates of poor HRQOL in the United States ranged from 18.07% to 44.81% for physical health and 14.77% to 37.86% for mental health. Correlations between model-based and direct estimates were higher for physical than mental HRQOL. Counties located in the Arkansas, Kentucky, and Mississippi exhibited the worst physical HRQOL scores, but this pattern did not hold for mental HRQOL, which had the highest probability of mentally unhealthy days in Illinois, Indiana, and Vermont.ConclusionsSubstantial geographic variation in physical and mental HRQOL scores exists among older U.S. adults. State and local policy makers should consider these local conditions in targeting interventions and policies to counties with high levels of poor HRQOL scores.