Perceived neighborhood social cohesion and functional disability among older adults: The moderating roles of sex, physical activity, and multi-morbidity

Though the Ghanaian social structure is largely communal in several of its social life and social spaces, the extent to which cohesive neighbourhood affects functional ability of older persons and the moderating factors of the relationship, are unknown in Ghana. This study examines the moderating ro...

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Published in:PloS one 2024-01, Vol.19 (1), p.e0293016
Main Authors: Awuviry-Newton, Kofi, Amoah, Dinah, Doh, Daniel, Agyemang-Duah, Williams, Ofori-Dua, Kwadwo, Kowal, Paul, Appiah, Seth Christopher Yaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged patients
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Analysis
Biology and Life Sciences
Care and treatment
Chronic illnesses
Citizen participation
Cohesion
Community involvement
Community participation
Cross-Sectional Studies
Earth Sciences
Exercise
Ghana
Health aspects
Humans
Influence
Low income groups
Medicine and Health Sciences
Morbidity
Multimorbidity
Neighborhoods
Older people
People and Places
Perceptions
Physical activity
Physical fitness
Quality of Life
Residence Characteristics
Sex
Social aspects
Social Cohesion
Social conditions
Social networks
Social Sciences
Variables
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Summary:Though the Ghanaian social structure is largely communal in several of its social life and social spaces, the extent to which cohesive neighbourhood affects functional ability of older persons and the moderating factors of the relationship, are unknown in Ghana. This study examines the moderating roles of sex, multimorbidity, and physical activity on the association between neighbourhood social cohesion and functional disability among older people in Ghana. A cross-sectional study of 4,446 people-50 years and older-from WHO's Study on global AGEing and adult health Ghana Wave 2 was employed. Functional disability-WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0-and neighbourhood social cohesion measured with community-level participation, perceived trust and safety were studied. Generalised Logistic regressions with interactional tests were used to examine the associations. A more socially cohesive neighbourhood was significantly associated with a lower functional disability among older people (OR = 0.94, 95%CI: 0.93, 0.94; P
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0293016