TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2024//
TI  - Association between falls and social frailty in community-dwelling older Japanese adults
JO  - Journals of gerontology. Series B: psychological sciences and social sciences
A1  - Sawa, Ryuichi
A1  - Doi, Takehiko
A1  - Tsutsumimoto, Kota
A1  - Nakakubo, Sho
A1  - Sakimoto, Fumio
A1  - Matsuda, Soichiro
A1  - Shimada, Hiroyuki
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to investigate the association between falls and social frailty and its components among older Japanese adults. <br><br>METHOD: This is a cross-sectional study. Participants were categorized into three groups based on the number of falls in the past year: no fall (none), a single fall (occasional), and more than one fall (recurrent). The participants who met two or more of the following criteria were defined as socially frail: living alone, going out less frequently compared with the previous year, rarely visiting friends, feeling unhelpful to friends or family, and not talking with someone daily. <br><br>RESULTS: A total of 4,495 older Japanese adults living in a community analyzed in this study (51.0% women). Of the participants in this study, 3,851 (85.7%) were categorized as none, 443 (9.9%) as occasional, and 201 (4.5%) as recurrent. The proportion of participants considered socially frail was 11.5% in this study. Recurrent falls were associated with social frailty, even after adjusting for covariates (odds ratio [OR], 1.49; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.01-2.19). The experience of recurrent falls was associated with the following components: "feeling unhelpful to friends and family" (OR, 1.62; 95% CI, 1.14-2.31) and "going outside less frequently compared with last year" (OR, 1.57; 95% CI, 1.06-2.31). <br><br>DISCUSSION: Among older Japanese adults, recurrent falls were associated with social frailty and with two of its components in particular: social roles and social participation. Future longitudinal studies should be conducted to gain insight into any causal relationships between these variables.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1079-5014
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbae127
ID  - ref1
ER  -