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Health status of the advanced elderly in six european countries: results from a representative survey using EQ-5D and SF-12

BACKGROUND: Due to demographic change, the advanced elderly represent the fastest growing population group in Europe. Health problems tend to be frequent and increasing with age within this cohort. AIMS OF THE STUDY: To describe and compare health status of the elderly population in six European cou...

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Autores principales: König, Hans-Helmut, Heider, Dirk, Lehnert, Thomas, Riedel-Heller, Steffi G, Angermeyer, Matthias C, Matschinger, Herbert, Vilagut, Gemma, Bruffaerts, Ronny, Haro, Josep M, de Girolamo, Giovanni, de Graaf, Ron, Kovess, Viviane, Alonso, Jordi
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3009699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21114833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-8-143
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author König, Hans-Helmut
Heider, Dirk
Lehnert, Thomas
Riedel-Heller, Steffi G
Angermeyer, Matthias C
Matschinger, Herbert
Vilagut, Gemma
Bruffaerts, Ronny
Haro, Josep M
de Girolamo, Giovanni
de Graaf, Ron
Kovess, Viviane
Alonso, Jordi
author_facet König, Hans-Helmut
Heider, Dirk
Lehnert, Thomas
Riedel-Heller, Steffi G
Angermeyer, Matthias C
Matschinger, Herbert
Vilagut, Gemma
Bruffaerts, Ronny
Haro, Josep M
de Girolamo, Giovanni
de Graaf, Ron
Kovess, Viviane
Alonso, Jordi
author_sort König, Hans-Helmut
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: Due to demographic change, the advanced elderly represent the fastest growing population group in Europe. Health problems tend to be frequent and increasing with age within this cohort. AIMS OF THE STUDY: To describe and compare health status of the elderly population in six European countries and to analyze the impact of socio-demographic variables on health. METHODS: In the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD), representative non-institutionalized population samples completed the EQ-5D and Short Form-12 (SF-12) questionnaires as part of personal computer-based home interviews in 2001-2003. This study is based on a subsample of 1659 respondents aged ≥ 75 years from Belgium (n = 194), France (n = 168), Germany (n = 244), Italy (n = 317), the Netherlands (n = 164) and Spain (n = 572). Descriptive statistics, bivariate- (chi-square tests) and multivariate methods (linear regressions) were used to examine differences in population health. RESULTS: 68.8% of respondents reported problems in one or more EQ-5D dimensions, most frequently pain/discomfort (55.2%), followed by mobility (50.0%), usual activities (36.6%), self-care (18.1%) and anxiety/depression (11.6%). The proportion of respondents reporting any problems increased significantly with age in bivariate analyses (age 75-79: 65.4%; age 80-84: 69.2%; age ≥ 85: 81.1%) and differed between countries, ranging from 58.7% in the Netherlands to 72.3% in Italy. The mean EQ VAS score was 61.9, decreasing with age (age 75-79: 64.1; age 80-84: 59.8; age ≥ 85: 56.7) and ranging from 60.0 in Italy to 72.9 in the Netherlands. SF-12 derived Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores varied little by age and country. Age and low educational level were associated with lower EQ VAS and PCS scores. After controlling for socio-demographic variables and reported EQ-5D health states, mean EQ VAS scores were significantly higher in the Netherlands and Belgium, and lower in Germany than the grand mean. CONCLUSIONS: More than two thirds of the advanced elderly report impairment of health status. Impairment increases rapidly with age but differs considerably between countries. In all countries, health status is significantly associated with socio-demographic variables.
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spelling pubmed-30096992010-12-24 Health status of the advanced elderly in six european countries: results from a representative survey using EQ-5D and SF-12 König, Hans-Helmut Heider, Dirk Lehnert, Thomas Riedel-Heller, Steffi G Angermeyer, Matthias C Matschinger, Herbert Vilagut, Gemma Bruffaerts, Ronny Haro, Josep M de Girolamo, Giovanni de Graaf, Ron Kovess, Viviane Alonso, Jordi Health Qual Life Outcomes Research BACKGROUND: Due to demographic change, the advanced elderly represent the fastest growing population group in Europe. Health problems tend to be frequent and increasing with age within this cohort. AIMS OF THE STUDY: To describe and compare health status of the elderly population in six European countries and to analyze the impact of socio-demographic variables on health. METHODS: In the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD), representative non-institutionalized population samples completed the EQ-5D and Short Form-12 (SF-12) questionnaires as part of personal computer-based home interviews in 2001-2003. This study is based on a subsample of 1659 respondents aged ≥ 75 years from Belgium (n = 194), France (n = 168), Germany (n = 244), Italy (n = 317), the Netherlands (n = 164) and Spain (n = 572). Descriptive statistics, bivariate- (chi-square tests) and multivariate methods (linear regressions) were used to examine differences in population health. RESULTS: 68.8% of respondents reported problems in one or more EQ-5D dimensions, most frequently pain/discomfort (55.2%), followed by mobility (50.0%), usual activities (36.6%), self-care (18.1%) and anxiety/depression (11.6%). The proportion of respondents reporting any problems increased significantly with age in bivariate analyses (age 75-79: 65.4%; age 80-84: 69.2%; age ≥ 85: 81.1%) and differed between countries, ranging from 58.7% in the Netherlands to 72.3% in Italy. The mean EQ VAS score was 61.9, decreasing with age (age 75-79: 64.1; age 80-84: 59.8; age ≥ 85: 56.7) and ranging from 60.0 in Italy to 72.9 in the Netherlands. SF-12 derived Physical Component Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) scores varied little by age and country. Age and low educational level were associated with lower EQ VAS and PCS scores. After controlling for socio-demographic variables and reported EQ-5D health states, mean EQ VAS scores were significantly higher in the Netherlands and Belgium, and lower in Germany than the grand mean. CONCLUSIONS: More than two thirds of the advanced elderly report impairment of health status. Impairment increases rapidly with age but differs considerably between countries. In all countries, health status is significantly associated with socio-demographic variables. BioMed Central 2010-11-29 /pmc/articles/PMC3009699/ /pubmed/21114833 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-8-143 Text en Copyright ©2010 König et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (<url>http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0</url>), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research
König, Hans-Helmut
Heider, Dirk
Lehnert, Thomas
Riedel-Heller, Steffi G
Angermeyer, Matthias C
Matschinger, Herbert
Vilagut, Gemma
Bruffaerts, Ronny
Haro, Josep M
de Girolamo, Giovanni
de Graaf, Ron
Kovess, Viviane
Alonso, Jordi
Health status of the advanced elderly in six european countries: results from a representative survey using EQ-5D and SF-12
title Health status of the advanced elderly in six european countries: results from a representative survey using EQ-5D and SF-12
title_full Health status of the advanced elderly in six european countries: results from a representative survey using EQ-5D and SF-12
title_fullStr Health status of the advanced elderly in six european countries: results from a representative survey using EQ-5D and SF-12
title_full_unstemmed Health status of the advanced elderly in six european countries: results from a representative survey using EQ-5D and SF-12
title_short Health status of the advanced elderly in six european countries: results from a representative survey using EQ-5D and SF-12
title_sort health status of the advanced elderly in six european countries: results from a representative survey using eq-5d and sf-12
topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3009699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21114833
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1477-7525-8-143
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