Mediating effect of social frailty on oral frailty and cognitive function in older adults: a cross-sectional study in a rural Chinese community
Zhiyue Jiang, Mei Wu, Ji Tang, Lingyao Xia, Jin Hu, Quanxiang Zhou, Xing Yang, Jingyuan Yang · 2026
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Zhiyue Jiang and seven colleagues study older adults in a rural Chinese community and ask how mouth health, social weakness, and memory and thinking skills fit together. Oral frailty covers problems such as tooth loss and weak chewing, while social frailty covers going out less, rarely seeing friends, and living or spending days alone.
Data came from a 2022 follow-up survey of rural older adults, using a standard mental test, an eight-item oral frailty index, and a five-item social frailty check. Both forms of frailty were tied to lower cognitive scores. Much of the oral frailty link ran through social frailty, which accounted for about three quarters of the total association in the pooled result. Patterns differed for men and women. Because everyone was measured once, the authors call for follow-up studies over time to test the pathway.
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| CREATOR | Zhiyue Jiang, Mei Wu, Ji Tang, Lingyao Xia, Jin Hu, Quanxiang Zhou, Xing Yang, Jingyuan Yang |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 28 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |