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Trends across 20 years in multiple indicators of functioning among older adults in the Netherlands

BACKGROUND: Monitoring of trends in functioning of older adults provides indispensable information for health care policy. This study examined trends in multiple indicators of functioning among Dutch older adults across a period of 20 years. METHODS: Data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam...

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Autores principales: Timmermans, Erik J, Hoogendijk, Emiel O, Broese van Groenou, Marjolein I, Comijs, Hannie C, van Schoor, Natasja M, Thomése, Fleur C F, Visser, Marjolein, Deeg, Dorly J H, Huisman, Martijn
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6896978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31008512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz065
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author Timmermans, Erik J
Hoogendijk, Emiel O
Broese van Groenou, Marjolein I
Comijs, Hannie C
van Schoor, Natasja M
Thomése, Fleur C F
Visser, Marjolein
Deeg, Dorly J H
Huisman, Martijn
author_facet Timmermans, Erik J
Hoogendijk, Emiel O
Broese van Groenou, Marjolein I
Comijs, Hannie C
van Schoor, Natasja M
Thomése, Fleur C F
Visser, Marjolein
Deeg, Dorly J H
Huisman, Martijn
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description BACKGROUND: Monitoring of trends in functioning of older adults provides indispensable information for health care policy. This study examined trends in multiple indicators of functioning among Dutch older adults across a period of 20 years. METHODS: Data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam were used. We included 10 870 observations of 3803 respondents aged 64–84 years across seven waves (1992–12) and 931 observations of 603 respondents aged 85–94 years across four waves (2001–12). At each wave, 8 indicators of functioning were measured: multimorbidity, severe functional limitations, depression, anxiety, cognitive impairment, physical inactivity, loneliness and social isolation. In addition, a sum score (range: 0–8) of these indicators was calculated, with a score of ≥5 indicating ‘multiple problems.’ Trends in functioning over time were assessed using Generalized Estimating Equation analyses. RESULTS: In the 64-84-years-olds, the prevalence of multimorbidity increased over time [OR(year) = 1.06, 95% CI = 1.05–1.06], whereas the prevalence of the other indicators decreased [i.e. cognitive impairment, physical inactivity (in women) and loneliness (in women)] or remained stable [i.e. severe functional limitations, depression, anxiety, physical inactivity (in men), loneliness (in men) and social isolation]. In the 85-94-year-olds, the prevalence of severe functional limitations increased over time [OR(year) = 1.08, 95% CI = 1.02–1.13], whereas the prevalence of the other indicators remained stable. In both age groups, the prevalence of ‘multiple problems’ remained stable. CONCLUSION: Unfavorable trends were observed in multimorbidity among 64-84-years-olds and in severe functional limitations among 85-94-year-olds. Favorable trends were found in cognitive impairment, physical inactivity (in women) and loneliness (in women) among 64–84-years-olds.
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spelling pubmed-68969782019-12-11 Trends across 20 years in multiple indicators of functioning among older adults in the Netherlands Timmermans, Erik J Hoogendijk, Emiel O Broese van Groenou, Marjolein I Comijs, Hannie C van Schoor, Natasja M Thomése, Fleur C F Visser, Marjolein Deeg, Dorly J H Huisman, Martijn Eur J Public Health Aging BACKGROUND: Monitoring of trends in functioning of older adults provides indispensable information for health care policy. This study examined trends in multiple indicators of functioning among Dutch older adults across a period of 20 years. METHODS: Data from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam were used. We included 10 870 observations of 3803 respondents aged 64–84 years across seven waves (1992–12) and 931 observations of 603 respondents aged 85–94 years across four waves (2001–12). At each wave, 8 indicators of functioning were measured: multimorbidity, severe functional limitations, depression, anxiety, cognitive impairment, physical inactivity, loneliness and social isolation. In addition, a sum score (range: 0–8) of these indicators was calculated, with a score of ≥5 indicating ‘multiple problems.’ Trends in functioning over time were assessed using Generalized Estimating Equation analyses. RESULTS: In the 64-84-years-olds, the prevalence of multimorbidity increased over time [OR(year) = 1.06, 95% CI = 1.05–1.06], whereas the prevalence of the other indicators decreased [i.e. cognitive impairment, physical inactivity (in women) and loneliness (in women)] or remained stable [i.e. severe functional limitations, depression, anxiety, physical inactivity (in men), loneliness (in men) and social isolation]. In the 85-94-year-olds, the prevalence of severe functional limitations increased over time [OR(year) = 1.08, 95% CI = 1.02–1.13], whereas the prevalence of the other indicators remained stable. In both age groups, the prevalence of ‘multiple problems’ remained stable. CONCLUSION: Unfavorable trends were observed in multimorbidity among 64-84-years-olds and in severe functional limitations among 85-94-year-olds. Favorable trends were found in cognitive impairment, physical inactivity (in women) and loneliness (in women) among 64–84-years-olds. Oxford University Press 2019-12 2019-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC6896978/ /pubmed/31008512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz065 Text en © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ 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
spellingShingle Aging
Timmermans, Erik J
Hoogendijk, Emiel O
Broese van Groenou, Marjolein I
Comijs, Hannie C
van Schoor, Natasja M
Thomése, Fleur C F
Visser, Marjolein
Deeg, Dorly J H
Huisman, Martijn
Trends across 20 years in multiple indicators of functioning among older adults in the Netherlands
title Trends across 20 years in multiple indicators of functioning among older adults in the Netherlands
title_full Trends across 20 years in multiple indicators of functioning among older adults in the Netherlands
title_fullStr Trends across 20 years in multiple indicators of functioning among older adults in the Netherlands
title_full_unstemmed Trends across 20 years in multiple indicators of functioning among older adults in the Netherlands
title_short Trends across 20 years in multiple indicators of functioning among older adults in the Netherlands
title_sort trends across 20 years in multiple indicators of functioning among older adults in the netherlands
topic Aging
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6896978/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31008512
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckz065
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