Migration status, physical limitations and associated self-rated health: a study of older Indian adults

BMC Geriatrics

Research

T. Muhammad¹  Parimala Mohanty²  Bittu Mandal³  Kalandi Charan Pradhan³ 

[1] Department of Family & Generations, International Institute for Population Sciences, 400088, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India;Institute of Medical Sciences & Sum Hospital, Siksha “O” Anusandhan, 751030, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India;School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Khandwa Road, 453552, Simrol, Indore, India;

关键词: Migrant status;    Functional/mobility impairments;    Self-rated health;    Older adults;    India;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12877-023-04002-0

 received in 2022-07-26, accepted in 2023-04-25,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundMigrant status with mobility impairment becomes a double burden for health and wellbeing of older adults. This study examined the independent relationships and multitude effects between migrant status, functional and mobility impairments and poor self-rated health (SRH) among older Indian adults.MethodsThis study utilised nationally representative Longitudinal Ageing Study in India wave-1 (LASI) data, including a sample of 30,736 individuals aged 60 years and above. The main explanatory variables were migrant status, difficulty in activities of daily living (ADL), difficulty in instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) and mobility impairments; and the outcome variable was poor-SRH. Multivariable logistic regression and stratified analyses were used to fulfil the study objectives.ResultsOverall, about 23% of older adults reported poor-SRH. Reporting poor-SRH was more prevalent (28.03%) among recent migrants (less than ten years). The prevalence of reporting poor-SRH was significantly higher among older adults who had mobility impairment (28.65%), difficulty in ADL or IADL (40.82% & 32.57%). Migrant older adults (regardless of duration) who had mobility impairment had significantly greater odds of reporting poor-SRH compared with non-migrant older adults who did not have mobility impairment. Similarly, older respondents who had problems in ADL and IADL with migration status had higher odds of reporting poor-SRH than their non-migrant counterparts with no such problems.ConclusionsThe study revealed the vulnerability of migrant older adults with functional and mobility disability, as well as those with limited socioeconomic resources and suffering from multimorbidity on rating their perceived health. The findings can be utilised to target outreach programmes and provision of services for migrating older individuals with mobility impairments and enhance their perceived health and ensure active ageing.

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