Mediating role of homebound status between depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment among community-dwelling older adults in the USA: a cross-sectional analysis of a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Depressive symptoms are known modifiable factors of cognitive impairment in older adults. However, the pathway through which depressive symptoms lead to cognitive impairment is not well understood. This study aimed to investigate whether homebound status (defined as usually unable to leave home unassisted) mediates the association between depressive symptoms and cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults in the USA.

Design

A secondary analysis of cross-sectional data.

Settings

Communities in the USA.

Participants

Community-dwelling older adults (N=7537) from the 2011 National Health and Aging Trends Study, a nationally representative survey of Medicare Beneficiaries in the USA.

Main outcome measures

Participants' cognitive impairme

SUBMITTER: Peng W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9628545 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature