Erwin Stolz|Hannes Mayerl|Wolfgang Freidl
Fluctuations in frailty among older adults
Medical University of Graz|Medical University of Graz|Medical University of Graz
frailty fluctuations withinperson deviations individual longterm frailty index trajectories represent hitherto conceptually empirically untapped facet frailty among older adultsto assess size frailty fluctuations old age association frailty levels frailty growth well sex socioeconomic positiona total 18704 biannual observations 4514 communitydwelling older adults 65 10 european countries 12 years survey health ageing retirement europe share analysed frailty index constructed based 50 items longterm frailty trajectories fluctuations modelled simultaneously using bayesian mixedeffects locationscale regression modelsfrailty index fluctuations nonnegligible among older adults amounting 004005 fi 2025 health deficits average 30 fluctuations 004 01 fi 2 5 health deficits 8 larger 01 fi 5 health deficits fluctuations increased age frailty levels higher among women low socioeconomic position education individuals died followupfrailty index fluctuations refer instabilities older persons health status represent hitherto untapped relevant aspect vulnerability old age future analysis frailty fluctuations based larger number repeated observations shorter time intervals