Development and validation of a novel measure of resilience in older adults: a longitudinal cohort study

BackgroundThe concept of resilience has gained increasing attention in ageing research; however, published literature lacks consensus on how to measure resilience. We developed a novel resilience measure based on the degree of mismatch between a person's frailty level and disease burden and examined its ability in predicting adverse outcomes.MethodsWe included white and black older adults (≥70 years) from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition...