Association between resilience and frailty in older age: Findings from the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study.

Objectives: Resilience, a capacity to cope with adversity, has been linked to better functioning and health in older age. However, little is still known about resilience in relation to frailty. We explored whether resilience would be associated with frailty in older age and if we would observe differences in association between resilience and frailty according to the type of adversity.