TY  - JOUR
AU  - Paul, Cinara
AU  - Schöttker, Ben
AU  - Brenner, Herrmann
AU  - Holleczek, Bernd
AU  - Friederich, Hans-Christoph
AU  - Wild, Beate
TI  - Predictors of health-related quality of life in older adults over a course of twelve years - Results from a large population-based study using a machine learning approach.
JO  - International psychogeriatrics
VL  - nn
SN  - 1041-6102
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge Univ. Press
M1  - DKFZ-2025-01843
SP  - nn
PY  - 2025
N1  - epub
AB  - The proportion of older people is growing dramatically, implying that predictors of health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older adults are of major interest within public health research.Analyses were based on the ESTHER study, a German population-based cohort study conducted in the federal state of Saarland, Germany. The study was initiated in 2000-2002 and included 9940 community-dwelling older adults recruited via general practioners. At the 8-year follow-up (2008-2010), 6071 active participants were offered additional home visits, of whom 3124 agreed to participate. These 3124 participants (mean age (SD) 69.6 (6.3) years; 52.6 
KW  - Bio-psycho-social health care needs (Other)
KW  - Health-related quality of life (Other)
KW  - Longitudinal study (Other)
KW  - Machine learning (Other)
KW  - Older Adults (Other)
KW  - Random forest (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:40908200
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.inpsyc.2025.100141
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/304430
ER  -