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Social frailty and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults in Japan: Role of home exercise habits.
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- [Multilevel determinants of social frailty in community-dwelling older adults in South Korea: A cross-sectional study using Korean Community Health Survey].Journal of Korean gerontological nursing · 2025Article
- Social frailty in community-dwelling older adults: a scoping review.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Changes of hip fracture in older patients before and after the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective multicentre study in Japan.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- The association between living alone and depressive symptoms in older adults population: evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Changes in the Impacts of COVID-19 over Time on Families with Older Adults Living on Remote Islands in Japan: A Study in Family Ethnographic Research.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Factors Related to Nutritional Status of Single Older Residents in Semi-Mountainous Rural Regions of Japan: A Cross-Sectional Study.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The Relationship between Social Frailty and Depressive Symptoms in the Elderly: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Social Frailty among Community-Dwelling Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korea: A Cross-Sectional Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Loneliness, ageism, and mental health: The buffering role of resilience in seniors.International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHPArticle
- Social Frailty in Older People: A Concept Analysis.Revista CuidarteReview
- Health Behaviors, Financial Difficulties, and Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults Across Gender and Race During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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Abstract
objectivesWe examined the association between social frailty and depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Additionally, we investigated whether home exercise habits moderated the impact of social frailty on depressive symptoms.
methodsThis cross-sectional study included 1,103 community-dwelling older adults (54.0% female, mean age [standard deviation] = 81.1 [5.0] years) from a semi-urban area of Japan who completed a mailed questionnaire survey in October 2020. Social frailty status was categorized as non-social frailty, pre-social frailty, and social frailty, which was assessed by financial difficulties, living alone, lack of social activity, and contact with neighbors. Depressive symptoms were defined as a Kessler 6 score ≥5. We performed a multivariable logistic regression analysis to examine the association between social frailty and depressive symptoms, and also conducted stratified analysis of home exercise habits during the pandemic.
resultsA total of 309 (28.0%) participants had depressive symptoms. Compared with non-social frailty, social frailty was associated with depressive symptoms (odds ratio [OR] = 1.80, 95% confidence interval [95%CI] = 1.16-2.79, p = 0.009). A similar relationship was observed in those who did not exercise at home (OR = 2.10, 95%CI = 1.14-3.84, p =0.017). However, no such relationship was observed in those who did exercise at home (OR = 1.50, 95%CI = 0.79-2.85, p =0.213).
conclusionsSocial frailty was associated with a risk of depressive symptoms during the pandemic. In addition, our findings suggested that home exercise may buffer the association between social frailty and depressive symptoms.
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