Trends in Frailty Between 1990 and 2020 in Sweden Among 75-, 85-, and 95-Year-Old Women and Men: A Nationwide Study from Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aging is the primary risk factor for frailty, which is defined as an inability to respond to acute or chronic stressors. Individuals are living longer with greater multimorbidity, but there is a paucity of evidence examining frailty across birth cohorts and ages.

Methods

We investigated frailty prevalence and its association with mortality at ages 75, 85, and 95 in the 1895-1945 birth cohorts in Sweden with data from population registries. Frailty was assessed with the Hospital Frailty Risk Score (HFRS).

Results

We observed that frailty increased with increasing age and that it has become more common in more recent birth cohorts. At age 75, the percent frail in the Total Population Register increased from 1.1% to 4.6% from birth cohorts 1915-1945, correspon

SUBMITTER: Wennberg AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9951059 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature