Abstract
Our objective was to investigate three levels of resilience (low, medium, and high), identify associated characteristics, and measure the impact of increasing resilience on quality of life (QOL), healthcare utilization and expenditures, and preventive services compliance. The study sample was identified from adults age ≥65 who completed surveys during May-June 2019 (N=3,573). Other protective factors, including purpose-in-life, optimism, locus of control, and social connections, were dichotomized as high/low and counted with equal weighting (0 to 4). Among survey respondents, the prevalence of low, medium, and high resilience levels was 27%, 29%, and 44%, respectively. The strongest predictors of medium and high resilience included increasing number of other protective factors, lower stress, and no depression. Individuals with medium and high resilience had significantly higher QOL and lower healthcare utilization and expenditures. Resilience strategies integrated into healthy aging programming could be associated with improvements in QOL and/or healthcare utilization and expenditure outcomes.
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