2020
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17082775
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Relationship between Individual Social Capital and Functional Ability among Older People in Anhui Province, China

Abstract: This study aimed to explore the relationship between individual social capital and functional ability, with a focus on whether there is an interactive relationship that exists among social capital related to functional ability among older people in Anhui province, China. We conducted a cross-sectional study with a multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling method from July to September 2017. Data were collected through questionnaire including demographic characteristics, individual social capital status, a… Show more

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“…In the present study, the ve-point Likert scale was adopted in the social capital questionnaire, and respondents were asked to rate their agreement (1"never", 2 "seldom", 3 "usually", 4 "often", and 5 "more often"). The measurement of social capital has also been described elsewhere [16] and more detailed information about the questionnaire can be found in the supplementary le (Additional le 1).…”
Section: Measurement Of Social Capitalmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the present study, the ve-point Likert scale was adopted in the social capital questionnaire, and respondents were asked to rate their agreement (1"never", 2 "seldom", 3 "usually", 4 "often", and 5 "more often"). The measurement of social capital has also been described elsewhere [16] and more detailed information about the questionnaire can be found in the supplementary le (Additional le 1).…”
Section: Measurement Of Social Capitalmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Speci cally, older people who had less social participation, social connection, and reciprocity were more likely to experience loneliness, which was echoed by ndings from previous studies [11,27,44,45]. In this study, social capital consisted of six dimensions [33,36]. For instance, social participation measures how often the elderly people participate in the formal/informal groups, voluntary activities, and services in the community/village.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 58%
“…Data were collected on the demographic and health-related variables, including age, gender, body mass index (BMI, kg/m 2 ), living status, residence (urban, rural), marital status, education level, functional ability, smoking status, drinking status, and the number of diseases. Functional ability was measured through a scale comprised of 14 items including both the Activities of Daily Living (ADL) and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (IADL), adapted from Lawton and Brody [38] and validated by our previous work [33]. Based on the physical health section of the Older Americans Resources and Services (ORAS) [38], participants were asked to report their diagnosis history of the following diseases or conditions: high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease (coronary or valve disease), hyperlipidemia, angina, chronic bronchitis (emphysema), cerebral infarction (stroke), coronary heart disease(CHD), cataract, arthritis, cancer, liver or kidney-related diseases.…”
Section: Measurement Of Other Variablesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the present study, the ve-point Likert scale was adopted in the social capital questionnaire, and respondents were asked to rate their agreement (1"never", 2 "seldom", 3 "usually", 4 "often", and 5 "more often"). The measurement of social capital has also described elsewhere [16] and more detailed information about the questionnaire can be found in the additional le 1.…”
Section: Measurement Of Social Capitalmentioning
confidence: 99%