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ARCHIVES OF GERONTOLOGY AND GERIATRICS
Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 319-326Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.01.062
Keywords
appetite of the elderly; elderly in family; cross-sectional study; decomposition of effect
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The purpose of this study is to examine cross-sectionally the factors associated with appetite among the elderly persons living in the community in Japan. The subjects of this study were 754 non-institutionalized elderly men and women aged 65 years and older living in community in Japan. The data were collected by face-to-face interviews. The factors related to subjective health was examined using multiple logistic regression analyses. Four hundred and forty-nine (56.4%) participants evaluated appetite as very good; 239 (30.0%) as somewhat good; 92 (11.6%) as little/not at all. Subjects with good appetite were more physically active, had less depressive symptoms, subjective stress, much more communication with family and much more social support, as compared to those without appetite. Appetite was significantly associated with better subjective good health after controlling for other variables in the model. Only communication with family was significantly associated with good appetite after controlling for other variables (odds ratio, OR = 2.43; 95% confidence interval, CI = 1.30-4.74). The indirect effect of communication with family on appetite was much greater than the direct effect. These findings suggest that communication with family may be beneficial promoter of the appetite in the elderly. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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