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Associations of frailty with partial and absolute sedentary behaviours among older adults: A STROBE-compliant analysis of modifiability by gender and age
This study adopted a STROBE-compliant cross-sectional design with sensitivity analyses and measures against common methods bias. The participants were community-dwelling older adults (mean age = 66 years) in two Ghanaian towns. A self-reported questionnaire was used to collect data from 1005 partici...
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Published in: | PloS one 2023-10, Vol.18 (10), p.e0293482-e0293482 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Summary: | This study adopted a STROBE-compliant cross-sectional design with sensitivity analyses and measures against common methods bias. The participants were community-dwelling older adults (mean age = 66 years) in two Ghanaian towns. A self-reported questionnaire was used to collect data from 1005 participants after the minimum sample size necessary was calculated. The hierarchical linear regression analysis was used to analyse the data. After adjusting for the ultimate confounders, frailty was associated with higher sedentary behaviour ([beta] = 0.14; t = 2.93; p |
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ISSN: | 1932-6203 1932-6203 |
DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0293482 |