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Associations between living alone, depression, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in the US
Social isolation is closely linked to depression and falls in late life and are common among seniors. Although the literature has highlighted age-related variations in these three geriatric conditions, evidence on heterogeneities across older adult age categories is lacking. To address this gap, we...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7744925/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33354494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101273 |
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author | Das Gupta, Debasree Kelekar, Uma Rice, Dominique |
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description | Social isolation is closely linked to depression and falls in late life and are common among seniors. Although the literature has highlighted age-related variations in these three geriatric conditions, evidence on heterogeneities across older adult age categories is lacking. To address this gap, we present cross-sectional analyses using indicators of social isolation, depression, and falls of older adults constructed from the most recent Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. An age-based understanding is critical to improve health interventions since health changes occur at a faster rate among seniors than in any other population subgroup. We included all adults 60 years and older (n = 113,233) in the 2018 BRFSS landline dataset and used the status of living alone, depressive disorder diagnosis, and fall incidences reported by these seniors to respectively create the social isolation, depression, and fall indicators. We conducted multivariable logistic regressions to compare findings on these indicators across the three age categories of 60–69, 70–79, and 80 and above after adjusting for a common set of covariates. Results indicate that the likelihood of seniors living alone and reporting depression is the highest among those 80 years and above. Conversely, the odds of depressed seniors reporting falls is the greatest among the 60–69 year olds. Accordingly, we highlight key implications for targeted health promotion and care delivery to seniors. |
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spelling | pubmed-77449252020-12-21 Associations between living alone, depression, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in the US Das Gupta, Debasree Kelekar, Uma Rice, Dominique Prev Med Rep Regular Article Social isolation is closely linked to depression and falls in late life and are common among seniors. Although the literature has highlighted age-related variations in these three geriatric conditions, evidence on heterogeneities across older adult age categories is lacking. To address this gap, we present cross-sectional analyses using indicators of social isolation, depression, and falls of older adults constructed from the most recent Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data. An age-based understanding is critical to improve health interventions since health changes occur at a faster rate among seniors than in any other population subgroup. We included all adults 60 years and older (n = 113,233) in the 2018 BRFSS landline dataset and used the status of living alone, depressive disorder diagnosis, and fall incidences reported by these seniors to respectively create the social isolation, depression, and fall indicators. We conducted multivariable logistic regressions to compare findings on these indicators across the three age categories of 60–69, 70–79, and 80 and above after adjusting for a common set of covariates. Results indicate that the likelihood of seniors living alone and reporting depression is the highest among those 80 years and above. Conversely, the odds of depressed seniors reporting falls is the greatest among the 60–69 year olds. Accordingly, we highlight key implications for targeted health promotion and care delivery to seniors. 2020-12-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7744925/ /pubmed/33354494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101273 Text en © 2020 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Regular Article Das Gupta, Debasree Kelekar, Uma Rice, Dominique Associations between living alone, depression, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in the US |
title | Associations between living alone, depression, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in the US |
title_full | Associations between living alone, depression, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in the US |
title_fullStr | Associations between living alone, depression, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in the US |
title_full_unstemmed | Associations between living alone, depression, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in the US |
title_short | Associations between living alone, depression, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in the US |
title_sort | associations between living alone, depression, and falls among community-dwelling older adults in the us |
topic | Regular Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7744925/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33354494 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2020.101273 |
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