Effect of a community intervention programme promoting social interactions on functional disability prevention for older adults: propensity score matching and instrumental variable analyses, JAGES Taketoyo study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The efficacy of promoting social interactions to improve the health of older adults is not fully established due to residual confounding and selection bias.

Methods

The government of Taketoyo town, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, developed a resident-centred community intervention programme called 'community salons', providing opportunities for social interactions among local older residents. To evaluate the impact of the programme, we conducted questionnaire surveys for all older residents of Taketoyo. We carried out a baseline survey in July 2006 (prior to the introduction of the programme) and assessed the onset of functional disability during March 2012. We analysed the data of 2421 older people. In addition to the standard Cox proportional hazard regression, we cond

SUBMITTER: Hikichi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4552922 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature