ArticleThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2020
Combined Impact of Physical Frailty and Social Isolation on Rate of Falls in Older Adults.
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- Community-based exercises improve health status in pre-frail older adults: A systematic review with meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- NYHA classification and quality of life in older heart failure inpatients: the mediation effects of social frailty and physical frailty.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Frailty in older adults: A systematic review of risk factors and early intervention pathways.Intractable & rare diseases research · 2025Review
- Relationship between Social Participation, Children's Support, and Social Frailty with Falls among Older Adults in Colombia.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2024Article
- A Systematic Review of the Relationship between Social Isolation and Physical Health in Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Social Participation's Association with Falls and Frailty in Malaysia: A Cross-Sectional Study.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2022Article
- Frailty as a Moderator of the Relationship between Social Isolation and Health Outcomes in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Associations between living alone, depression, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in the US.Preventive medicine reports · 2020Article
- Frailty Combined with Loneliness or Social Isolation: An Elevated Risk for Mortality in Later Life.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2020Article
- Factors Associated With Falls Among Urban-Dwellers Aged 55 Years and Over in the Malaysian Elders Longitudinal Research (MELoR) Study.Frontiers in public health · 2020Article
- When Going Digital Becomes a Necessity: Ensuring Older Adults' Needs for Information, Services, and Social Inclusion During COVID-19.Journal of aging & social policyArticle
- Living Through the COVID-19 Pandemic: Community-Dwelling Older Adults' Experiences.Journal of aging & social policyArticle
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to examine the impact of the combination of physical frailty and social isolation on falling in community-dwelling older adults.
designA cross-sectional study of data obtained at registration in a randomized control trial.
settingCommunity-based study of participants recruited from Toyota, Japan.
participants380 community-dwelling older adults (47.9% women, mean age = 72.3 ± 4.6 years). MEASUREMENTS: Participants were categorized as non-frail or pre-frail/frail based on the Fried frailty criteria (slowness, weakness, exhaustion, low activity, and weight loss). Social isolation was examined using the Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS-6), and scores lower than 12 points indicated social isolation. Participants were divided into four groups depending on pre-frail/frail status and social isolation, and experiences of multiple falls over the past year were compared between the groups.
resultsParticipants were classified into robust (n = 193), physical frailty (PF; n = 108), social isolation (SI; n = 43), and PF with SI (PF+SI; n = 36) groups. A total of 38 (10.0%) participants reported multiple falls. Logistic regression analysis showed that PF and SI groups were not independently associated with falling (PF: OR 1.64, 95% CI 0.65-4.16, SI: OR 2.25, 95% CI 0.77-6.58), while PF+SI group was significantly associated with falling compared with the robust group (OR 3.06, 95% CI 1.00-9.34, p = 0.049) after controlling for confounding factors.
conclusionOur findings support the assertion that coexistence with physical frailty and social isolation were associated with falling in the older adults.
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