Patterns of social relationships among community-dwelling older adults in Japan: latent class analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social relationships may be the key to successful aging among older adults. However, little is known about the variability of social relationships among community-dwelling older people. This study aimed to describe the patterns of social relationships and examine the differences in sociodemographic characteristics and mental and physical health status among these patterns.

Methods

We obtained the data from a questionnaire survey in 2017 for older adults aged 65 and above who lived in a suburban area in Japan. The Index of Social Interaction (ISI) was used to evaluate social relationships. The final sample comprised 964 people who were independently mobile and answered at least one item of the ISI. To clarify the patterns of social relationships, latent class analy

SUBMITTER: Miura KW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8786623 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature