title: Indicators for healthy ageing--a debate.
abstract: Definitions of healthy ageing include survival to a specific age, being free of chronic diseases, autonomy in activities of daily living, wellbeing, good quality of life, high social participation, only mild cognitive or functional impairment, and little or no disability. The working group Epidemiology of Ageing of the German Association of Epidemiology organized a workshop in 2012 with the aim to present different indicators used in German studies and to discuss their impact on health for an ageing middle-European population. Workshop presentations focused on prevalence of chronic diseases and multimorbidity, development of healthy life expectancy at the transition to oldest-age, physical activity, assessment of cognitive capability, and functioning and disability in old age. The communication describes the results regarding specific indicators for Germany, and hereby contributes to the further development of a set of indicators for the assessment of healthy ageing.
authors: Institute of Sport and Exercise Science, University of Muenster, 48149 Muenster, Germany. FuchsJ@rki.de.
authors: Judith
authors: J
authors: Fuchs
authors: Christa
authors: C
authors: Scheidt-Nave
authors: Timo
authors: T
authors: Hinrichs
authors: Andreas
authors: A
authors: Mergenthaler
authors: Janine
authors: J
authors: Stein
authors: Steffi G
authors: SG
authors: Riedel-Heller
authors: Eva
authors: E
authors: Grill
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003071:Cognition; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D009043:Motor Activity; D011788:Quality of Life