A latent class analysis of social activities and health among community-dwelling older adults in Korea
A latent class analysis of social activities and health among community-dwelling older adults in Korea
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DOI:
10.1080/13607863.2017.1288198
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发表时间:
2018-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Chiriboga, David A.
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作者:
Park, Mi Jin;Park, Nan Sook;Chiriboga, David A.
Objectives: This study presents an empirical typology of social activity and its association with the depressive symptoms and self-rated health of community-dwelling older adults (n = 464) in South Korea.Method: Latent class analysis (LCA) was used to classify the types of social activities. Data analyses were conducted using Mplus 7.2 program for LCA and SPSS 22.0 for multiple regression analyses.Results: LCA identified people who fell into one of the four activity groups: Diverse, Community Center/Disengaged, Religion Plus, and Friendship/Leisure. Membership in these four groups predicted differences in depressive symptoms and self-rated health.Conclusions: Results indicate that typologies of social activity could enhance practitioners' understanding of activity patterns and their associations with health and well-being.