Objectives Self-rated health (SRH) is an assessment and predictor of health based on an
individual's general condition; however, evidence of the value of SRH for predicting frailty …

Background and objective Maintaining the life satisfaction of frail middle-aged and older
adults when they experience physical disability, lower activity status, or complex conditions …

Purpose Social support is associated with multiple positive health outcomes and is
negatively associated with frailty in older adults. However, most evidence came from cross …

It has been considered that widowed persons have a higher risk of death. This study
intended to explore whether social participation could improve this trend. A longitudinal …

Background: Elderly care should focus on not only prolonging life but also satisfaction with
elderly life. Our study investigated the reliability and validity of the Short-Form Life …

Aim This study explored longitudinally the relationship between smoking and secondhand
smoke and the incidence of physical frailty in community‐dwelling Japanese older people …

Aim To reveal the prevalence of frailty and factors that strongly affected the frailty condition
among older adults in East Java, Indonesia. Method We conducted a cross‐sectional study …

OBJECTIVES This study conducted a longitudinal analysis of the effect of trajectory of
employment status (TES) on all-cause mortality in late middle-aged and older Koreans …

Frailty is a medical syndrome characterized by increased vulnerability to minor stressors that
could be prevented. People who are depressed frequently experience worsened transition …