Publications by authors named "Abigail V Rojas-Huerta"
Background: Longitudinal analysis of multimorbidity (MM) from a holistic approach to the aging population is necessary to guide medical care.
Aims: To estimate the probability of transition between different MM patterns and the "death" stage and to characterize the socioeconomic, health, behavioral, and functional dimensions of MM patterns from a syndemic perspective.
Methods: A cohort of 7,120 people ≥50 from the Mexican Health and Aging Study and mortality data at 11 and 17 years of follow-up were analyzed using the latent class approach.
Background: The study of the work and health of older adults is limited but relevant considering that the living and health conditions in which they age are not the best in Mexico, given the job insecurity that does not access to decent contributory pensions.
Objective: To analyse the differences in the sociodemographic, labour and health conditions characteristics of two cohorts of older people aged 65 to 74 years who are employed in the labour market.
Material And Methods: Analysis of the National Study of Health and Aging in Mexico for 2001 and 2021 of sociodemographic and work characteristics and health conditions by cohort and sex.
Design, develop, and implement the strategic information system on health, dependence, and healthy aging: an analysis of the Mexican experience.
Popul Health Metr
September 2024
Article Synopsis
- The Decade of Healthy Aging is a plan from 2021 to 2030 aimed at making life better for older people and their families.
- A new system called SIESDE will gather and share important information about aging and health in Mexico to help create better policies.
- SIESDE has created 135 different measures about things like health, living conditions, and support for older adults to understand their needs better.
Trajectories of frailty and related factors of elderly people in Mexico.
Poblac Salud Mesoam
January 2022
Introduction: Frailty is an indicator of health status in old age and a common clinical syndrome in older adults that carries an increased risk of poor health outcomes, including falls, incidents of disability, hospitalization, and mortality. This study aimed to identify the different trajectories of frailty and the factors related to frailty among Mexican older adults over time.
Methods: Data are from a four-wave panel composed of older Mexican adults from 2001 to 2015 of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS).