Table 2.
Number and Specific Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADLs) Limitations, by Heart Disease Category (n = 10,626)
| Heart disease category | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | No CHD (N = 7,363) | CHD, no CHF (N = 2,863) | CHF (N = 400) | P value |
| Number of ADLs impaired (M ± SD) | 0.43 ± 0.02 | 0.71 ± 0.03 | 1.49 ± 0.11 | <0.001a |
| 0 | 5,864 (80.3) | 1,930 (68.3) | 181 (45.7) | <0.001 |
| 1–3 | 1,222 (16.2) | 741 (25.2) | 148 (37.6) | |
| 4–6 | 277 (3.5) | 192 (6.5) | 71 (16.8) | |
| Type of ADL impairment | ||||
| Walking across a room | 961 (12.5) | 632 (21.1) | 169 (41.8) | <0.001 |
| Dressing | 669 (8.6) | 417 (14.2) | 119 (41.8) | <0.001 |
| Bathing | 531 (6.9) | 330 (11.6) | 107 (27.3) | <0.001 |
| Transferring | 528 (6.8) | 345 (11.3) | 105 (24.4) | <0.001 |
| Toileting | 376 (4.9) | 245 (8.7) | 74 (18.1) | <0.001 |
| Eating | 227 (2.9) | 133 (4.5) | 39 (8.8) | <0.001 |
| Number of IADLs impaired (M ± SD) | 0.26 ± 0.01 | 0.43 ± 0.03 | 1.05 ± 0.08 | <0.001a |
| 0 | 6,377 (87.0) | 2,249 (79.1) | 221 (55.2) | <0.001 |
| 1–3 | 814 (10.8) | 520 (17.7) | 133 (34.5) | |
| 4–5 | 172 (2.2) | 94 (3.2) | 46 (10.2) | |
| Type of IADL impairment | ||||
| Grocery shopping | 619 (8.1) | 424 (14.6) | 141 (35.6) | <0.001 |
| Managing money | 440 (5.7) | 249 (8.4) | 88 (22.4) | <0.001 |
| Cooking | 442 (5.7) | 275 (9.5) | 95 (23.2) | <0.001 |
| Taking medication | 229 (3.1) | 139 (4.8) | 51 (12.2) | <0.001 |
| Using the telephone | 298 (3.7) | 178 (5.6) | 58 (13.4) | <0.001 |
Percentages (in parentheses) are weighted using the HRS respondent population weights to adjust for the complex sampling design of the HRS.
aTest for trend