The Mediating Effect of Frailty in the Relationship between Depression and Falls among Older People Living Alone in Korea

BACKGROUND: We explored the potential mediating role of frailty in the relationship between depression and falls. METHODS: The participants were 1,408 community-dwelling older people living alone in South Korea. The potential mediating role of frailty in the relationship between depression and falls...

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Autores principales: Kim, Yeon-Ha, Cho, Chung-Min
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2022
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9276589/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35865060
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v51i3.8936
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description BACKGROUND: We explored the potential mediating role of frailty in the relationship between depression and falls. METHODS: The participants were 1,408 community-dwelling older people living alone in South Korea. The potential mediating role of frailty in the relationship between depression and falls was evaluated through univariate and multivariate logistic regression. Baron and Kenny’s three-step criteria for mediation were used to examine the mediating effect. RESULTS: Frailty fully mediated the association between severe depression and falls in univariate (t=11.58, P<.05) and multivariate (t=10.42, P<.05) analyses. CONCLUSION: Frailty is a valuable target for fall interventions in severely depressed older people living alone.
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spelling pubmed-92765892022-07-20 The Mediating Effect of Frailty in the Relationship between Depression and Falls among Older People Living Alone in Korea Kim, Yeon-Ha Cho, Chung-Min Iran J Public Health Original Article BACKGROUND: We explored the potential mediating role of frailty in the relationship between depression and falls. METHODS: The participants were 1,408 community-dwelling older people living alone in South Korea. The potential mediating role of frailty in the relationship between depression and falls was evaluated through univariate and multivariate logistic regression. Baron and Kenny’s three-step criteria for mediation were used to examine the mediating effect. RESULTS: Frailty fully mediated the association between severe depression and falls in univariate (t=11.58, P<.05) and multivariate (t=10.42, P<.05) analyses. CONCLUSION: Frailty is a valuable target for fall interventions in severely depressed older people living alone. Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2022-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9276589/ /pubmed/35865060 http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/ijph.v51i3.8936 Text en Copyright © 2022 Kim et al. Published by Tehran University of Medical Sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short The Mediating Effect of Frailty in the Relationship between Depression and Falls among Older People Living Alone in Korea
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9276589/
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