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| L M VerbruggeSummaryAffiliation: University of Michigan Country: USA Publications
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Severity, timing, and structure of disabilityLois M Verbrugge
Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Soz Praventivmed 49:110-21. 2004..They also generate a population's disability structure (prevalence, counts, patterns). We study links among severity, duration, and structure for community-dwelling adults in the US...
Measuring disability with parsimonyL M Verbrugge
Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 2007, USA
Disabil Rehabil 21:295-306. 1999..This article discusses how parsimony can be achieved through a single item, or less desirably by reductions of detailed items...
Arthritis disability and heart disease disabilityLois M Verbrugge
Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2007, USA
Arthritis Rheum 59:1445-57. 2008..Arthritis is the most common health condition in midlife and late life, and heart disease is the leading cause of death. This article compares disability impacts of these 2 preeminent health problems...
Profile of arthritis disabilityL M Verbrugge
Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 2007, USA
Public Health Rep 116:157-79. 2001..Accommodations for arthritis may also be extensive but aimed more toward self-care than toward assistive and medical services...
Use, type, and efficacy of assistance for disabilityLois M Verbrugge
Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 2007, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:S366-79. 2002..This study predicts use of assistance, type of assistance, and its efficacy (improvement with assistance) for disabilities in personal care and household management tasks...
Swimmer's itch: incidence and risk factorsLois M Verbrugge
Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, 300 N Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2007, USA
Am J Public Health 94:738-41. 2004..Further epidemiological studies will help public health agencies address this bothersome problem at recreational lakes...
Profile of arthritis disability: IILois M Verbrugge
Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Arthritis Rheum 55:102-13. 2006..We studied social participation, disabilities in many life domains, accommodations used (buffers), and accommodations needed (barriers) for US adults with arthritis disability compared with adults with disability from other conditions...
Prospective study of swimmer's itch incidence and severityLois M Verbrugge
Institute of Gerontology, 300 North Ingalls, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 2007, USA
J Parasitol 90:697-704. 2004..Study designs that combine epidemiologic and biological data will simultaneously inform public health education and biological control programs...
Disability symptoms and the price of self-sufficiencyLois M Verbrugge
Institute of Gerontology, 300 North Ingalls, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2007, USA
J Aging Health 16:688-722. 2004..Disability symptoms are tiredness, slowness, and pain doing daily tasks made difficult by health. The authors study factors that increase and decrease disability symptoms, especially effects of equipment and personal assistance...
Living alone: elderly Chinese SingaporeansYang Sheng Wong
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
J Cross Cult Gerontol 24:209-24. 2009..Their main link to the "outside" world is access to medical and social services. Despite some hardships, many prefer living alone because it has become familiar and personally comfortable...
Death makes news: the social impact of disease on newspaper coverageR C Adelman
Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 2007, USA
J Health Soc Behav 41:347-67. 2000..This paper is an integrated analysis of newspaper coverage, epidemiological rates, and recent social history of six prominent diseases...
Sex differentials in health and mortalityL M Verbrugge
Institute of Gerontology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109
Women Health 12:103-45. 1987....
