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Financial difficulty in acquiring food among elderly disabled women: Results from the Women's Health and Aging Study

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  • Klesges, L.M.
  • Pahor, M.
  • Shorr, R.I.
  • Wan, J.Y.
  • Williamson, J.D.
  • Guralnik, J.M.

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Objectives. This study described the prevalence and characteristics of financial difficulty acquiring food and its relation to nutritional biomarkers in older disabled women. Methods. Baseline data were analyzed from the Women's Health and Aging Study, a population-based survey of 1002 community-dwelling, disabled women 65 years and older from Baltimore, Md. Results. Minority women (49.5%) were more likely than White women (13.4%) to report financial difficulty acquiring food (odds ratio [OR] = 6.2, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 4.5, 8.6). Of the women reporting financial difficulty acquiring food, only 19.3% received food stamps and fewer than 7% participated in food assistance programs. Women reporting financial difficulty acquiring food had higher levels of psychologic depression than women not reporting such difficulty. Greater likelihood of financial difficulty acquiring food was associated with poorer quality of life and physical performance among White women and with more medical conditions among minority women. Finally, anemia (hemoglobin

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  • Klesges, L.M. & Pahor, M. & Shorr, R.I. & Wan, J.Y. & Williamson, J.D. & Guralnik, J.M., 2001. "Financial difficulty in acquiring food among elderly disabled women: Results from the Women's Health and Aging Study," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 91(1), pages 68-75.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:2001:91:1:68-75_4
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    1. Quaddus, M.A. & Bauer, S., 2014. "Food security and morbidity of elderly in disadvantaged rural Bangladesh," Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES), vol. 12.
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    3. Carter, Kristie N. & Kruse, Kerri & Blakely, Tony & Collings, Sunny, 2011. "The association of food security with psychological distress in New Zealand and any gender differences," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 72(9), pages 1463-1471, May.
    4. Seung Jae Lee & Kyung Won Lee & Mi Sook Cho, 2021. "Association of Food Insecurity with Nutrient Intake and Depression among Korean and US Adults: Data from the 2014 Korea and the 2013–2014 US National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(2), pages 1-12, January.
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