Social frailty and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults in Japan: Role of home exercise habits.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined the association between social frailty and depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older adults during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Additionally, we investigated whether home exercise habits moderated the impact of social frailty on depressive symptoms.

Methods

This cross-sectional study included 1,103 community-dwelling older adults (54.0% female, mean age [standard deviation] = 81.1 [5.0] years) from a semi-urban area of Japan who completed a mailed questionnaire survey in October 2020. Social frailty status was categorized as non-social frailty, pre-social frailty, and social frailty, which was assessed by financial difficulties, living alone, lack of social activity, and contact with neighbors. Depressive symptoms were defined as a K

SUBMITTER: Hayashi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8536512 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature