Social frailty and longitudinal risk of depressive symptoms in a Chinese population: the Rugao Longevity and Aging Study.
ZeKun ChenXiaoYan JiangGuoPing ShiYong WangXueFeng ChuZhengDong WangJiangHong GuoYinSheng ZhuJie ChenXiao-Feng WangZhiJun BaoPublished in: Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society (2021)
Our findings suggested that SF may be a predictor of depression among Chinese community-dwelling older adults. In addition, in elders with no depressive symptoms at baseline, those with SF had greater odds of worsening depressive symptoms 3 years later.