Age-related trajectories of quality of life in community dwelling older adults: findings from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE).

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previous longitudinal studies have identified numerous factors influencing quality of life (QoL) in people of older age (PoA). However, most of these studies focus on group-level trends and fail to consider individual QoL trajectories or age-specific patterns over time.

Methods

We investigated longitudinal changes in QoL among community-dwelling older adults using five waves (2010-2019) of the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (easySHARE). Clinically relevant changes were defined via the minimal clinically important difference (MCID). We applied linear regression and linear mixed models (LMM) to explore predictors of QoL trajectories.

Results

Descriptive analyses showed that 2481 PoA (19.7%) experienced stable QoL between waves, based on ch

SUBMITTER: Mendorf S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12405344 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature