Multidimensional predictors of physical frailty in older people: identifying how and for whom they exert their effects.

ABSTRACT: Physical frailty in older people is an escalating health and social challenge. We investigate its physical, psychological, and social predictors, including how and for whom these conditions exert their effects. For 4638 respondents aged 65-89 years from wave 2 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, we examine prediction of future physical frailty by physical, psychological, and social conditions using latent growth curve analysis with multiple indicators. In addition, we explore their indirect effects through disease and physiologic decline, and repeat these analyses after stratification by gender, age group, and selected conditions which are possible moderators. We find that chronic disease, allostatic load, low physical activity, depressive symptoms, cognitive impairment, and poor

SUBMITTER: Ding YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5350240 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature