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Association Between Social Networking Service Use at Age 76 and Six-Year Frailty Trajectories in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

  • Norio Imai1
  • Daisuke Homma2,3
  • Takuya Yoda1
  • Yoji Horigome1
  • Reiko Murakami1
  • Toshihide Fujii4
  • Hiroyuki Kawashima2
4 affiliations
  1. 1Division of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, 1-757, Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-Ward, Niigata 9518510, Japan.
  2. 2Division of Orthopedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Niigata 9518510, Japan.
  3. 3Department of Rehabilitation, Niigata Bandai Hospital, Niigata 9518850, Japan.
  4. 4Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Agano City Hospital, Agano 9592092, Japan.
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Abstract

Background

Frailty prevention is a critical public health priority in Japan's rapidly aging society. Although the use of social networking services (SNSs) has increased, longitudinal evidence regarding its association with frailty remains limited.Methods

This population-based longitudinal observational study analyzed municipal survey data from Agano City, Japan. Community-dwelling residents aged 70 years at the baseline were followed for six years using the Kihon Checklist (KCL). Frailty status was classified as robust, pre-frail, or frail. SNS use and usage frequency were assessed at age 76.Results

Among 479 participants, 49.3% remained robust, while 10.4% showed improvements in frailty status over six years. SNS use at age 76 was associated with robust status and with having remained robust from age 70 to 76.Conclusions

These findings indicate that SNS use at age 76 was associated with concurrent frailty status and with having remained robust from age 70 to 76. However, the temporal direction of these associations cannot be determined. Further prospective studies are needed to clarify the temporal relationship between SNS use and frailty.

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@article{imai2026association,
  title = {{Association Between Social Networking Service Use at Age 76 and Six-Year Frailty Trajectories in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.}},
  author = {Norio Imai and Daisuke Homma and Takuya Yoda and Yoji Horigome and Reiko Murakami and Toshihide Fujii and Hiroyuki Kawashima},
  journal = {Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)},
  year = {2026},
  month = sep,
  doi = {10.3390/medsci14060603},
  url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42930522},
  note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY  - JOUR
TI  - Association Between Social Networking Service Use at Age 76 and Six-Year Frailty Trajectories in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.
AU  - Norio Imai
AU  - Daisuke Homma
AU  - Takuya Yoda
AU  - Yoji Horigome
AU  - Reiko Murakami
AU  - Toshihide Fujii
AU  - Hiroyuki Kawashima
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/09/24
JO  - Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland)
DO  - 10.3390/medsci14060603
UR  - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42930522
AB  - Background  Frailty prevention is a critical public health priority in Japan's rapidly aging society. Although the use of social networking services (SNSs) has increased, longitudinal evidence regarding its association with frailty remains limited.Methods  This population-based longitudinal observational study analyzed municipal survey data from Agano City, Japan. Community-dwelling residents aged 70 years at the baseline were followed for six years using the Kihon Checklist (KCL). Frailty status was classified as robust, pre-frail, or frail. SNS use and usage frequency were assessed at age 76.Results  Among 479 participants, 49.3% remained robust, while 10.4% showed improvements in frailty status over six years. SNS use at age 76 was associated with robust status and with having remained robust from age 70 to 76.Conclusions  These findings indicate that SNS use at age 76 was associated with concurrent frailty status and with having remained robust from age 70 to 76. However, the temporal direction of these associations cannot be determined. Further prospective studies are needed to clarify the temporal relationship between SNS use and frailty.
SN  - 2076-3271
ER  -