ArticleInnovation in aging2019
Inequalities in Life Expectancy With Frailty Among Brazilian Older Adults: A Multistate Approach.
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- Prevalence of Frailty in Brazilian Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2020Pooled it
- Frailty-free life expectancy and its association with socio-economic characteristics: an analysis of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing cohort study.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Living Longer But Frailer? Temporal Trends in Life Expectancy and Frailty in Older Swedish Adults.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
- [Differences between men and women in the prevalence of frailty and associated factors among older adults: evidence from ELSI-Brazil].Cadernos de saude publica · 2024Article
- Life expectancy among older adults with or without frailty in China: multistate modelling of a national longitudinal cohort study.BMC medicine · 2023Article
- Life Expectancy in Pre-Frail and Frail States with and without Disability: 18-Years of Follow-Up Data from the HEPESE Study Using the Markov Chain Method.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2023Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectivesFrailty is considered one of the major conditions faced by aging societies. Little has been reported about the effect of becoming frail on life expectancy among older adults in developing countries. The aim was to estimate total life expectancy and life expectancy with or without frailty by age, sex, and education among older adults in Brazil.Data and Methods: The study was developed based on information provided by the Health, Well-being, and Aging (SABE) Study. The sample included 1,399 older adults (≥60 years old) followed up from 2006 to 2010. Frailty status was classified according to the Fried criteria. Additional variables include age (in years), gender, and years of education. Estimates of total life expectancy, frailty-free life expectancy, and frailty life expectancy were obtained using the multistate life table method.
resultsAt the baseline, the proportion of individuals with frailty was 13.7% and participants had, on average, 4.0 years of education. Men had more years of education than women (4.6 vs. 3.7, IMPLICATIONS: Given the recent changes in educational achievement in Brazil, we believe that educational policies are powerful ways in addressing inequalities in healthy life expectancy. Public health policies aimed at avoiding the development of frailty among elderly at risk should be encouraged.
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