Association Between Falls and Social Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Japanese Adults.
Ryuichi SawaTakehiko DoiKota TsutsumimotoSho NakakuboFumio SakimotoSoichiro MatsudaHiroyuki ShimadaPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (2024)
Among older Japanese adults, recurrent falls were associated with social frailty and with 2 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.