Life course socioeconomic conditions and frailty at older ages

van der Linden, Bernadette Wilhelmina Antonia; Cheval, Boris; Sieber, Stefan; Orsholits, Dan; Guessous, Idris; Stringhini, Silvia; Gabriel, Rainer; Aartsen, Marja J.; Blane, David; Courvoisier, Delphine; Burton-Jeangros, Claudine; Kliegel, Matthias; Cullati, Stéphane

doi:10.21256/zhaw-5019

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Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Life course socioeconomic conditions and frailty at older ages
Authors:	van der Linden, Bernadette Wilhelmina Antonia Cheval, Boris Sieber, Stefan Orsholits, Dan Guessous, Idris Stringhini, Silvia Gabriel, Rainer Aartsen, Marja J. Blane, David Courvoisier, Delphine Burton-Jeangros, Claudine Kliegel, Matthias Cullati, Stéphane
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-5019 10.1093/geronb/gbz018
Published in:	The Journals of Gerontology: Series B
Volume(Issue):	20
Issue:	20
Issue Date:	2019
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	1079-5014 1758-5368
Language:	English
Subject (DDC):	305: Groups (age, origine, gender, income)
Abstract:	Objectives: This paper 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 (OR=1.73, 95%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.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/15263
Fulltext version:	Accepted version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY-NC 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial 4.0 International
Departement:	Social Work
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Diversity and Social Integration (IVGT)
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van der Linden, B. W. A., Cheval, B., Sieber, S., Orsholits, D., Guessous, I., Stringhini, S., Gabriel, R., Aartsen, M. J., Blane, D., Courvoisier, D., Burton-Jeangros, C., Kliegel, M., & Cullati, S. (2019). Life course socioeconomic conditions and frailty at older ages. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 20(20). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5019

van der Linden, B.W.A. et al. (2019) ‘Life course socioeconomic conditions and frailty at older ages’, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 20(20). Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5019.

B. W. A. van der Linden et al., “Life course socioeconomic conditions and frailty at older ages,” The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, vol. 20, no. 20, 2019, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-5019.

VAN DER LINDEN, Bernadette Wilhelmina Antonia, Boris CHEVAL, Stefan SIEBER, Dan ORSHOLITS, Idris GUESSOUS, Silvia STRINGHINI, Rainer GABRIEL, Marja J. AARTSEN, David BLANE, Delphine COURVOISIER, Claudine BURTON-JEANGROS, Matthias KLIEGEL und Stéphane CULLATI, 2019. Life course socioeconomic conditions and frailty at older ages. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B. 2019. Bd. 20, Nr. 20. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-5019

van der Linden, Bernadette Wilhelmina Antonia, Boris Cheval, Stefan Sieber, Dan Orsholits, Idris Guessous, Silvia Stringhini, Rainer Gabriel, et al. 2019. “Life Course Socioeconomic Conditions and Frailty at Older Ages.” The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 20 (20). https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5019.

van der Linden, Bernadette Wilhelmina Antonia, et al. “Life Course Socioeconomic Conditions and Frailty at Older Ages.” The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, vol. 20, no. 20, 2019, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-5019.