Life course socioeconomic conditions and frailty at older ages
dc.contributor.author | Van der Linden, Bernadette | |
dc.contributor.author | Cheval, Boris | |
dc.contributor.author | Sieber, Stefan | |
dc.contributor.author | Orsholits, Dan | |
dc.contributor.author | Guessous, Idris | |
dc.contributor.author | Stringhini, Silvia | |
dc.contributor.author | Gabriel, Rainer | |
dc.contributor.author | Aartsen, Marja | |
dc.contributor.author | Blane, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Courvoisier, Delphine S. | |
dc.contributor.author | Burton-Jeangros, Claudine | |
dc.contributor.author | Kliegel, Matthias | |
dc.contributor.author | Cullati, Stéphane | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-02-20T12:31:32Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-26T07:54:20Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-02-20T12:31:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-04-26T07:54:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-02-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Van der Linden B, Cheval B, Sieber S, Orsholits D, Guessous I, Stringhini, Gabriel R, Aartsen M, Blane D, Courvoisier DS, Burton-Jeangros C, Kliegel M, Cullati S. Life course socioeconomic conditions and frailty at older ages. The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. 2019 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1079-5014 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1079-5014 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1758-5368 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10642/6978 | |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: This article aimed to assess associations of childhood socioeconomic conditions (CSC) with the risk of frailty in old age and whether adulthood socioeconomic conditions (ASC) influence this association. Methods: Data from 21,185 individuals aged 50 years and older included in the longitudinal Survey of Health, Ageing, and Retirement in Europe were used. Frailty was operationalized as a sum of presenting weakness, shrinking, exhaustion, slowness, or low activity. Confounder-adjusted multilevel logistic regression models were used to analyze associations of CSC and ASC with frailty. Results: While disadvantaged CSC was associated with higher odds of (pre-)frailty in women and men (odds ratio [OR] = 1.73, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.34, 2.24; OR = 1.84, 95% CI 1.27, 2.66, respectively), this association was mediated by ASC. Personal factors and demographics, such as birth cohort, chronic conditions, and difficulties with activities of daily living, increased the odds of being (pre-)frail. Discussion: Findings suggest that CSC are associated with frailty at old age. However, when taking into account ASC, this association no longer persists. The results show the importance of improving socioeconomic conditions over the whole life course in order to reduce health inequalities in old age. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Oxford University Press | en |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences; | |
dc.rights | © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/ by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com | en |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ | |
dc.subject | Health outcomes | en |
dc.subject | Socioeconomic statuses | en |
dc.subject | Successful aging | en |
dc.title | Life course socioeconomic conditions and frailty at older ages | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.updated | 2019-02-20T12:31:32Z | |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz018 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1679190 | |
dc.source.journal | The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences |
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