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Does the global activity limitation indicator measure participation restriction? Data from the European Health and Social Integration Survey in Spain

Authors: Julio Cabrero-García, Juan Ramón Rico-Juan, Antonio Oliver-Roig

Published in: Quality of Life Research | Issue 5/2022

Abstract

Purpose

The global activity limitation indicator (GALI) is the only internationally agreed and harmonised participation restriction measure. We examine if GALI, as intended, is a reflective measure of the domains of participation; furthermore, we determine the relative importance of these domains. Also, we investigated the consistency of response to GALI by age and gender and compared the performance of GALI with that of self-rated health (SRH).

Methods

We used Spanish data from the European Health and Social Integration Survey and selected adults aged 18 and over (N = 13,568). Data analysis, based on logistic regression models and Shapley value decomposition, were also stratified by age. The predictors of the models were demographic variables and restrictions in participation domains: studies, work, mobility, leisure and social activities, domestic life, and self-care. The GALI and SRH were the response variables.

Results

GALI was strongly associated with all participation domains (e.g. for domestic life, adjusted OR 24.34 (95% CI 18.53–31.97) in adult under 65) and performed differentially with age (e.g. for domestic life, adjusted OR 13.33 (95% CI 10.42–17.03) in adults over 64), but not with gender. The relative importance of domains varied with age (e.g. work was the most important domain for younger and domestic life for older adults). The results with SRH were parallel to those of GALI, but the association of SRH with participation domains was lowest.

Conclusions

GALI reflects well restrictions in multiple participation domains and performs differently with age, probably because older people lower their standard of good functioning.

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Title: Does the global activity limitation indicator measure participation restriction? Data from the European Health and Social Integration Survey in Spain
Authors: Julio Cabrero-García
Juan Ramón Rico-Juan
Antonio Oliver-Roig
Publication date: 01-05-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Quality of Life Research / Issue 5/2022
Print ISSN: 0962-9343
Electronic ISSN: 1573-2649
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11136-021-03057-z

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