Impact of transient and chronic loneliness on progression and reversion of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: four-year follow-up.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty is a common condition in older adults that is characterized by transitions between frailty states in both directions (progression and reversion) over time. Loneliness has been reported to be associated with the incidence of frailty, but few studies have explored the impact of persistent loneliness over time on frailty. In this study, we aimed to whether and how two different types of loneliness, transient and chronic, were associated with changes in frailty status in older adults.

Methods

The analytic sample contained 2961 adults aged ≥ 60 years who completed interviews for both the 2011 and 2015 waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. The logistic regression model was used to examine the relationship between transient and chronic lone

SUBMITTER: Chu BL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9351253 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature