Social Relationships and Onset of Functional Limitation among Older Adults with Chronic Conditions: Does gender matter?

Autor: Jiao D; Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.; Department of Nursing, The First Affiliated Hospital and College of Clinical Medicine of Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang, China., Miura KW; RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project, Tokyo, Japan., Sawada Y; Department of Physical Therapy, Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences, Osaka, Japan., Matsumoto M; Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan., Ajmal A; Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan., Tanaka E; Department of Community Nursing, Musashino University, Tokyo, Japan., Watanabe T; College of Nursing and Nutrition, Shukutoku University, Chiba, Japan., Sugisawa Y; Department of Nursing, Tsukuba International University, Tsukuba, Japan., Ito S; Department of Public Welfare, Tobishima, Japan., Okumura R; Department of Public Welfare, Tobishima, Japan., Kawasaki Y; Department of Public Welfare, Tobishima, Japan., Anme T; Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Sultan Qaboos University medical journal [Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J] 2023 Feb; Vol. 23 (1), pp. 13-21. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Feb 23.
DOI: 10.18295/squmj.5.2022.035
Abstrakt: Objectives: This study aimed to examine the longitudinal association between social relationships and physical functioning among community-dwelling older adults with chronic conditions.
Methods: Self-reported questionnaires were distributed and collected between 2014 and 2017 from participants ≥65 years old. The Index of Social Interaction was used to evaluate social relationships and the instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) subscale of the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence was used to examine functional status.
Results: A total of 422 participants (190 males and 232 females) were included in the final analysis. High social relationships demonstrated significant adverse effects (odds ratio [OR] = 0.77, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.64-0.93) on the decline of IADL in the overall sample, particularly for females (OR = 0.71, 95% CI: 0.55-0.93) but not as much for males ( P = 0.131).
Conclusion: This finding suggests that functional limitation was influenced by social relationships among disabled older adults and the influence of social relationships on functional limitation differed based on gender.
Competing Interests: CONFLICTS OF INTEREST The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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