A protective personal factor against disability and dependence in the elderly: an ordinal regression analysis with nine geographically-defined samples from Spain.

Javier Virues-OrtegaSaturio VegaManuel Seijo-MartinezPedro SazFernanda RodriguezAngel Rodriguez-LasoSusana Perez de Las HerasRaimundo MateosPablo Martinez-MartinIgnacio Mahillo-FernandezJosep Garre-OlmoJordi GasconFrancisco Jose Garcia-GarciaManuel Fernandez-MartinezFelix Bermejo-ParejaAlberto BergarecheJulian Benito-LeonJesus de Pedro-Cuestanull null

Published in: BMC geriatrics (2017)

Our results are consistent with the view that high levels of SOC are protective against disability and dependence in the elderly. Elderly individuals with limited access to social and health resources and with low SOC may be a group at risk for dependence and disability in Spain.

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