ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Prevalence of Frailty and Its Association with Depressive Symptoms among European Older Adults from 17 Countries: A 5-Year Longitudinal Study.
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- Effects of physical training on depression and related quality of life in pre-frail and frail older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Pooled it
- Frailty Components as Moderators of the Subjective Cognitive Decline-Depressive Symptoms Association: A Sex-Stratified Population-Based Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Frailty Through a One Health Lens: Biological Sex, Mental Health, and Oral Function in Physically Active Older Adults.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Observational
- Grip strength in the association between frailty and new-onset depression in older adults: a multinational longitudinal study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Linking Motor and Cognitive Decline in Aging: Gait Variability and Working Memory as Early Markers of Frailty.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Depression and social connectedness as mechanisms linking frailty to quality of life in older African migrants in Australia.npj aging · 2025Article
- Associations of sarcopenia with depression and suicidal ideation: the sex-specific mediating role of loneliness.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Can malnutrition, dietary habits, and diet quality be determinant factors in frailty, sarcopenia, low physical function, and depression in older adults?BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- What Do We Know About Prevention of Frailty in Women?American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2025Review
- The effect of frailty on the relationship between cognition and depression symptoms in older people. A differential analysis by European regions.GeroScience · 2025Article
- The Importance of Frailty in Determining Survival After Intensive Care.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Frailty Transitions Using the Kihon Checklist: A 6-Year Longitudinal Study Among Japanese Residents.Clinical interventions in aging · 2025Article
- Interrelationships of frailty, hemoglobin, cognition, and depressive symptoms in aging: a path analysis of the ELSI-Brazil study.Cadernos de saude publica · 2025Article
- Coexisting frailty and depression associated with low physical activity and quality of life in Saudi community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The brain structure, inflammatory, and genetic mechanisms mediate the association between physical frailty and depression.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Diet and lifestyle behaviours simultaneously act on frailty: it is time to move the threshold of frailty prevention and control forward.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The Longitudinal Association between Multiple Frailty Criteria and Depressive Symptomatology Five Years Later in Older Adults: A Decision Tree Modelling Approach.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- A Mendelian randomization study to examine the causal associations of circulating micronutrient levels with frailty risk.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Article
- Coexisting depression and frailty as an accelerated aging phenotype of late-life depression.International psychogeriatrics · 2023Article
- A Narrative Review of the Utilisation of the SHARE Frailty Instruments (SHARE-FI and SHARE-FI75+) in the Literature.Journal of frailty, sarcopenia and falls · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to examine the association between frailty and depressive symptoms.
methodsCross-sectional and five-year longitudinal study. Data were from the population-based Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) waves six (2015) and eight (2020). Frailty was assessed using the SHARE-Frailty Instrument. Fatigue, appetite, walking difficulties, and physical activity were self-reported, and grip strength was measured using a handgrip dynamometer. The EURO-D 12-item scale was used to measure depressive symptoms.
resultsThe sample comprised 25,771 older adults (56.2% female) with a mean age of 66.5 (95% CI 66.4, 66.6) years. The prevalence of frailty was 4.2% (95% CI 3.9, 4.4) in 2015 and 6.7% (95% CI 13.5, 14.3) in 2020. Among frail participants, 72.5% and 69.6% had depression in 2015 and 2020, respectively. Frailty was associated with depression over the 5 years. Those with pre-frailty and those with frailty in 2015 had 1.86 (95% CI 1.71, 2.01) and 2.46 (95% CI 2.14, 2.83) greater odds of having depressive symptoms in 2020.
conclusionsFrailty is a predictor of depression in older adults, and frail participants had greater odds of presenting depressive symptoms.
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