Jette A M, Branch L G
Am J Public Health. 1981 Nov;71(11):1211-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.71.11.1211.
The Framingham Disability Study (FDS), a recent component of the Heart Disease Epidemiological Study in Framingham, Massachusetts, was designed to investigate the nature and magnitude of disability among non-institutionalized elderly. From September 1976 through November 1978, 2,654 individuals aged 55 to 84 years from the original Framingham cohort were interviewed in person or by telephone (94 per cent of the potential participant pool). The findings support the well known relationship between physical disability and age. The magnitude of disability, however, is not as great as conventional wisdom might suggest. This paper presents the physical disability prevalence findings and compares these results to earlier epidemiological investigations of disability in the elderly.
弗明汉姆残疾研究（FDS）是马萨诸塞州弗明汉姆心脏病流行病学研究的一个近期组成部分，旨在调查非机构化老年人残疾的性质和程度。从1976年9月到1978年11月，对来自弗明汉姆原始队列的2654名年龄在55至84岁之间的个体进行了面对面或电话访谈（占潜在参与者群体的94%）。研究结果支持了身体残疾与年龄之间的众所周知的关系。然而，残疾的程度并不像传统观念所认为的那么严重。本文呈现了身体残疾患病率的研究结果，并将这些结果与早期关于老年人残疾的流行病学调查进行了比较。
