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 two 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.