The improvement effect of working through the Silver Human Resources Center on pre-frailty among older people: a two-year follow-up study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the health benefits of working in old age are well known, no research has examined them among older people with pre-frailty. We examined the improvement effect of working through the Silver Human Resources Center (SHRC) on pre-frailty among older people in Japan.

Methods

We carried out a two-year longitudinal survey from 2017 to 2019. Among 5,199 older people, the analysis included 531 participants who were judged to be of pre-frailty status at baseline and who completed both surveys. We utilized the records of participants' work through the SHRC from 2017 to 2019. The evaluation of the frequency of working through the SHRC was categorized as "less-working" (i.e., less than a few times a month), "moderate-working" (i.e., one to two times a week), and "fre

SUBMITTER: Morishita-Suzuki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10155134 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature