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Social frailty as a predictor of all-cause mortality and functional disability: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The conceptualisation and measurement of social frailty in older people: an umbrella review.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2025Pooled it
- Prevalence and potential influencing factors for social frailty among community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Social frailty and related social vulnerabilities among older adults in the Philippines: A narrative review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- The Impact of Frailty in Hepatocellular Carcinoma.Liver cancer · 2026Review
- Proxy indicators to support independent ageing-in-place in older people with frailty: a Delphi-style expert consultation survey.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Social frailty as a predictor of mortality among older adults in four Colombian departments: evidence from the SABE survey.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Oral Frailty and Social Frailty Among Older Japanese.Gerodontology · 2026Article
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- Revisiting the social frailty index in aging adults: relevance and implications for an emerging construct.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Frailty and subsequent decline in self-rated health among older adults in Southern Switzerland: 13-month cohort study.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Social frailty, functional ability and social capital: a study among urban slum older adults in Tamil Nadu, India-convergent parallel mixed method study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- The relationship between social frailty and self-care ability in elderly stroke patients: the mediating role of self-efficacy.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- When minds and networks matter: how mental health and social capital shape social frailty in older adults.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Comparison of Social Frailty and Oral Health Literacy Among Older Adults in Urban and Rural Areas: A Cross-Sectional Study.Clinical interventions in aging · 2026Article
- "I Have Always Existed, but Never Been Noticed": A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study of Social Frailty Among Prostate Cancer Survivors.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
- Social frailty independently predicts 9-year mortality among community-dwelling older adults in Mexico: validation of a brief social frailty index.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Is accelerated biological aging the hidden link between physical frailty, social deficits, cognitive impairment and risk of incident diseases?The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
- Predicting Social Frailty in Older Adults Using Fitbit-Derived Circadian and Heart Rate Biomarkers: Cross-Sectional Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Differential brain volume between obese and underweight cognitively normal older adults with frailty in the JPSC-AD.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Frailty indices based on routinely collected data: a scoping review.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2025Article
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Abstract
The association between social frailty and adverse health outcomes, especially mortality and functional disability, which are essential health outcomes, has not been systematically summarized or meta-analyzed. In this study, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of social frailty on all-cause mortality and functional disability, while addressing the components of social frailty. In this study, social frailty was operationally defined in alignment with the previous literature, as follows: "a state of increased vulnerability to the interactive back-and-forth of the community, including general resources, social resources, social behaviors, and needs." Hazard ratios or odds ratios described in each selected literature were used as the meta-analytic results. Considering the impact of social frailty on all-cause mortality, the hazard ratio was 1.96 (95% CI 1.20-3.19), indicating a significant association between the two but high heterogeneity. The hazard and odds ratios for the impact of social frailty on functional disability were 1.43 (95% CI 1.20-1.69) and 2.06 (95% CI 1.55-2.74), respectively. A significant association was found between social frailty and functional disability; both hazard and odds ratios were found, and low heterogeneity between these articles was observed. These results highlight the importance of assessing social frailty using more standardized methods and examining its effects on various health outcomes.
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