A Reciprocal Relationship between Formal and Informal Social Engagement and Handgrip Strength of Older Adults in South Korea.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The relationship between social engagement and handgrip strength has been underexplored. Further, no prior research examined a plausible reciprocal association between them.

Methods

The study employed the seven waves of data (2006-2018) from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA) survey (7,927 respondents, mean age: 59 years old at wave 1 [71 years old at wave 7], women: 58%). It used ML-SEM, a cross-lagged panel model with fixed effects fitted by structural equation modeling with maximum likelihood estimation. In particular, the ML-SEM examined whether a reciprocal relationship existed between formal social engagement (number of association memberships and frequency of organizational activities)/informal social engagement (frequency of contact with fami

SUBMITTER: Son J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11493374 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature