ArticleClinical interventions in aging2024
The Association Between Frailty and Depression of Older Adults with Cancer in China: The Mediating Effect of Social Support.
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- Grip strength in the association between frailty and new-onset depression in older adults: a multinational longitudinal study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Trajectories and predictors of frailty in older patients undergoing radical prostatectomy: A longitudinal study.Asia-Pacific journal of oncology nursing · 2025Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of frailty in patients with gynecological malignancies after surgery and chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in oncology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Purpose: This study aimed to explore the mediating role of social support between depression and frailty in older adults with cancer and the regulatory role of the income level. Patients and Methods: A convenient sampling method was used to select 448 older adults with cancer from the cancer-related departments of 3 hospitals in Bengbu City, Anhui Province, China. The sociodemographic and disease-related data were collected and examined using the frailty phenotype scale, social support scale, and older adults depression scale. We examined the mediating effects using Models 4 and 59 in the SPSS PROCESS 3.5 macro program. Results: Depression was negatively correlated with social support and its various dimensions ( Conclusion: The frailty of older adults with cancer is associated with depression and social support. A good level of social support can alleviate depression and reduce the risk of frailty, while a low level of social support may exacerbate the vicious cycle between depression and frailty, with income levels playing a regulatory role in this process.
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