Explaining the association between educational level and frailty in older adults: Results from a 13-year longitudinal study in the Netherlands

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Hoogendijk, Emiel O ^a   van Hout, Hein P J ^a   Heymans, Martijn W ^a   van der Horst, Henriëtte E ^a   Frijters, Dinnus H M ^a   Broese van Groenou, Marjolein I ^b   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Huisman, Martijn ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Education; Frail older adults; Longitudinal study; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAILTY; HUMAN; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84902496172     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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