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Community social capital and the onset of functional disability among older adults in Japan: a multilevel longitudinal study using Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study examined the association between community social capital and the onset of functional disability among older Japanese people by using validated indicators of social capital and a prospective multilevel design.

Design

Prospective cohort study SETTING: We used data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study, established from August 2010 to January 2012 in 323 districts.

Participants

The target population was restricted to non-institutionalised people aged 65 years or older who were independent in activities of daily living. Participants included 73?021 people (34?051 men and 38?970 women) who were followed up over a 3-year period.

Primary outcome measure

The primary outcome measure was the onset of functional disability, defined as a new registration in public long-term care insurance system records with a care-needs level of two or above, analysed with multilevel Cox proportional hazards regression models by community social capital (civic participation, social cohesion and reciprocity).

Results

The mean age of participants was 73.3 years (SD=6.0) for men and 73.8 years (SD=6.2) for women. During the study period, the onset of functional disability occurred in 1465 (4.3%) men and 1519 (3.9%) women. Of three community social capital variables, social cohesion significantly reduced the risk of onset of functional disability (HR 0.910; 95%?CI 0.830 to 0.998) among men, after adjusting for individual social and behavioural variables. There was no significant effect among women.

Conclusions

Living in a community with rich social cohesion is associated with a lower incidence of onset of functional disability among older Japanese men.

SUBMITTER: Noguchi T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797418 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Community social capital and the onset of functional disability among older adults in Japan: a multilevel longitudinal study using Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) data.

Noguchi Taiji T Kondo Katsunori K Saito Masashige M Nakagawa-Senda Hiroko H Suzuki Sadao S

BMJ open 20191008 10

<h4>Objective</h4>The present study examined the association between community social capital and the onset of functional disability among older Japanese people by using validated indicators of social capital and a prospective multilevel design.<h4>Design</h4>Prospective cohort study SETTING: We used data from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study, established from August 2010 to January 2012 in 323 districts.<h4>Participants</h4>The target population was restricted to non-institutionalised ...[more]

PMID: 31597648

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Dataset Information

Community social capital and the onset of functional disability among older adults in Japan: a multilevel longitudinal study using Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) data.

Objective

Design

Participants

Primary outcome measure

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Community social capital and the onset of functional disability among older adults in Japan: a multilevel longitudinal study using Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES) data.

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