The Effect of Cognitive Impairment on the Association Between Social Network Properties and Mortality Among Older Korean Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study investigated the effect of cognitive impairment on the association between social network properties and mortality among older Korean adults.

Methods

This study used data from the Korean Social Life, Health, and Aging Project. It obtained 814 older adults' complete network maps across an entire village in 2011-2012. Participants' deaths until December 31, 2020 were confirmed by cause-of-death statistics. A Cox proportional hazards model was used to assess the risks of poor social network properties (low degree centrality, perceived loneliness, social non-participation, group-level segregation, and lack of support) on mortality according to cognitive impairment.

Results

In total, 675 participants (5510.4 person-years) were analyzed, excluding thos

SUBMITTER: Kim E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9925289 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature