Older Adults' Perceptions of their Health and Functioning in Relation to Sleep Disturbance, Falling, and Urinary Incontinence

OBJECTIVE: To investigate variation in older adults' perceived health and functioning that is associated with self‐reported sleep disturbance, falling, and urinary incontinence, controlling for self‐reported depression, ambulation difficulty, number of chronic conditions, and subjects' sociode‐mographic characteristics.

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