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Social participation and incident disability and mortality among frail older adults: A JAGES longitudinal study.

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Frailty is the highest risk factor for incident disability and mortality. Social participation is a modifiable factor for reducing adverse outcomes among independent older adults. However, the association between social… Click to show full abstract

Frailty is the highest risk factor for incident disability and mortality. Social participation is a modifiable factor for reducing adverse outcomes among independent older adults. However, the association between social participation and incident disability and mortality among frail older adults remains unclear. Therefore, we examined the association between various social activities and incident disability and mortality.

Keywords: social participation; disability mortality; incident disability; older adults

Journal Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Year Published: 2023

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