Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/9378
Title: Depression moderates the frailty–subjective health Link among Chinese near centenarians and centenarians
Authors: Dr. LAU Hi Po, Bobo 
Kwan, Joseph Shiu-Kwong 
Cheung, Karen Siu Lan 
Martin, Peter 
Issue Date: 2016
Source: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2016, vol. 24(9), pp. 753-761.
Journal: The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 
Abstract: Objective Very old adults may be physically frail, but they do not necessarily experience poor subjective health. The authors hypothesized that the relationship between frailty and subjective health is moderated by depression for very old people. Methods In a cross-sectional study, a survey administered was by a face-to-face interview to 129 community-dwelling older adults aged 95–108. Measurements included the five-item FRAIL scale, the Geriatric Depression Scale Short-Form (GDS), and a subjective health rating. Hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted to test the moderation effects, adjusting for age, gender, living arrangement, perceived socioeconomic status, and cognition. Results The interaction effect between frailty and depression was significant. Inspection of the simple slopes revealed that those who were more depressed had a more negative frailty–subjective health relationship. There was no significant moderation effect for a withdrawal-apathy-vigor dimension of the GDS. Conclusion Our findings suggest a protective psychological mechanism may enable very old adults to maintain an optimistic view of their health despite their increasing physical and functional limitations.
Type: Peer Reviewed Journal Article
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/9378
ISSN: 1064-7481
1545-7214
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jagp.2016.05.014
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