Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health Reports Findings in Science (How Neighborhood Structural and Individual Characteristics Affect Frailty Progression: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study): Science

2023 JUN 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Science is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “(1) To characterize the average trajectories of frailty over time in Chinese community-dwelling older adults; (2) To assess the effects of neighborhood structural and individual characteristics on frailty progression. A nationally representative prospective cohort study.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from the Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health, “Communities in 28 provinces, China. 6238 respondents aged 60 and above in 447 communities from four waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. Frailty was measured using the 61-item Frailty Index (FI). The trajectory of FI was nonlinear, with an average growth rate of 0.025 that significantly slows down at the rate of 0.002 per year. Older, male, and uninsured respondents showed faster rates of growth in FI over time than younger, female, and insured counterparts. Respondents living in neighborhoods with a higher percentage of the older population and rural villages showed slower rates of growth in FI over time.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Expanding health insurance coverage and keeping a high clustering of the elderly in neighborhoods may be the potential strategies for population-level frailty prevention and interventions.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: How Neighborhood Structural and Individual Characteristics Affect Frailty Progression: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study. The journal of nutrition, health & aging, 2023;27(5):362-370. The journal of nutrition, health & aging can be contacted at: Springer France, 22 Rue De Palestro, Paris, 75002, France.

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting F. Ge, Soonman Kwon, Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul, South Korea.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-023-1916-1. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher of the journal The journal of nutrition, health & aging can be contacted at: Springer France, 22 Rue De Palestro, Paris, 75002, France.

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