6 , 19 The results were suggestive of a decreasing trend in the prevalence of severe functional limitations between 1992/93 and 2011/12 among 64–84-years-olds, whereas an increasing trend in severe functional limitations was found among 85–94-years-olds between 2001/02 and 2011/12.
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Trends across 20 years in multiple indicators of functioning among older adults in the Netherlands.
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A decreasing trend in the prevalence rate of severe functional limitations among 64–84-years-olds was observed (OR = 0.98, 95% CI = 0.97–0.99), which remained statistically significant in the fully adjusted model (OR = 0.99, 95% CI = 0.98–1.00).
After additional adjustment for educational level, the decreasing trend in cognitive impairment was only marginally statistically significant [OR(year) = 0.95, 95% CI = 0.91–1.00] ( table 3 ; Model 2).
The increasing trend in the prevalence rate of multimorbidity among 64–84-years-olds could be interpreted as a negative trend.