Living with Family yet Eating Alone is Associated with Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Kashiwa Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Eating alone is related to depression, nutritional risk, and mortality. These effects are also influenced by living status. However, little is known about the relationship between eating alone despite living with family and frailty. This study explores the relationship of eating alone and living status with frailty in community-dwelling older adults.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting and participants

Kashiwa city, Chiba prefecture, Japan; randomly selected community-dwelling older adults (aged 65 years and over).

Measurements

Eating status was assessed by the question, "Do you eat meals with anyone, at least once a day: yes or no?" Frailty was defined by Kihon Checklist (KCL) score 8 or over. Domains of frailty were divided into instrumental acti

SUBMITTER: Suthutvoravut U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12275785 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature