Symptom burden in community-dwelling older people: temporal trends in the Helsinki Aging Study.

Tuuli Elina LehtiH ÖhmanM KnuutilaH KautiainenH KarppinenR TilvisT StrandbergK H Pitkälä

Published in: Aging clinical and experimental research (2021)

Symptom burden decreased from 1989 to 2019 in cohorts aged 75-80, whereas changes remained nonsignificant in cohorts aged 85 +. To our knowledge, this is the first study to examine temporal trends in symptom burden.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
risk factors
patient reported