Disability and dependency (lack of autonomy in performing common everyday actions) affect health status and quality of life, therefore they are significant public health issues. The main purpose of this study is to establish the existing relationship among different variables (continuous,...

It is usually considered that the proportion of handicapped people grows with age. Namely, the older the man/woman is, the more level of disability he/she suffers. However, empirical evidence shows that this assessment is not always true, or at least, it is not true in the Spanish population....

Existen múltiples índices para medir la falta de autonomía de un individuo, especialmente en la literatura médica, que realizan una valoración parcial centrada en determinados aspectos. Este trabajo pretende superar esta restricción proponiéndose un índice que recoja todas las...