Physical and mental functioning trajectory classes among older adults and their association with specialized healthcare use.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sex-specific physical and mental functioning trajectory classification could offer a way of understanding the differences in healthcare use at older age.

Methods

Using latent growth mixture models, sex-specific physical and mental functioning trajectory classes were formed for 1991 participants (mean age 61.5 years) of the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study. Physical and mental functioning were evaluated with the SF-36 survey conducted in clinical examinations in 2001-2004, 2011-2013, and 2017-2018. First and follow-up outpatient visits, emergency visits, and hospital days were extracted from a national register between the first clinical examination and the year 2017. We used regression models to examine the associations between healthcare use and trajectory classes.

SUBMITTER: Ikonen JN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10360356 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature