Relating depression, anxiety, stress and loneliness to 5-year decline in physical function and frailty.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

While depression has been associated with physical function decline and worsening frailty in older adults, the impact of other mental health symptoms on physical function and frailty is unknown. The study objective was to determine whether depression, perceived stress, loneliness, and anxiety symptoms affect 5-year physical function and frailty trajectories of older adults.

Methods

The National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) is a nationally-representative study of adults born between 1920 and 1947. The analysis included data collected in 2010-11 and 2015-16. Mental health symptoms were quantified using NSHAP's measures of anxiety (range:0-21), perceived stress (0-8), depression (0-22), and loneliness (0-6); higher scores indicated worse symptoms. W

SUBMITTER: Pinton A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10615850 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature