PMID- 37001477 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230425 LR - 20230425 IS - 1873-4111 (Electronic) IS - 0378-5122 (Linking) VI - 171 DP - 2023 May TI - How does social support interact with intrinsic capacity to affect the trajectory of functional ability among older adults? Findings of a population-based longitudinal study. PG - 33-39 LID - S0378-5122(23)00050-6 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.maturitas.2023.03.005 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: The ecological model of health and ageing has proposed that functional ability (FA) is determined by the interaction between intrinsic capacity (IC) and environmental characteristics. This study empirically examined how social support, as an important social environmental resource, interacts with IC to affect FA trajectories among older adults. METHODS: This was a prospective three-wave cohort study with a sample of 775 community-dwelling older adults. Social support, IC and FA were assessed using the Social Support Rating Scale, the revised Integrated Care for Older People screening tool and the Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale, respectively. Latent growth curve models (LGCM) were implemented to test their relationships. RESULTS: FA significantly declined over 3 years, and the detrimental effect of impaired IC on the deterioration rate of FA was buffered by subjective support but was aggravated by support utilization and was not changed by objective support. FA decline among older adults with impaired IC was observed in those with low subjective support or with high support utilization but not in those with high subjective support or with low support utilization. Among older adults with intact IC, FA decline was observed in those with low support utilization but not in those with high support utilization or with low or high subjective support. CONCLUSIONS: Subjective support may prevent FA decline among older adults with impaired IC, while support utilization may benefit older adults with intact IC but may be detrimental for those with impaired IC. Social support interventions to optimize FA trajectories should improve older adults' perceptions of support and bridge the gap in support utilization among older adults with impaired IC. CI - Copyright (c) 2023 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Yu, Jiaqi AU - Yu J AD - School of Nursing, Peking University, No. 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. FAU - Jin, Yaru AU - Jin Y AD - School of Nursing, Peking University, No. 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. FAU - Si, Huaxin AU - Si H AD - School of Nursing, Peking University, No. 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. FAU - Bian, Yanhui AU - Bian Y AD - School of Nursing, Peking University, No. 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. FAU - Liu, Qinqin AU - Liu Q AD - School of Nursing, Peking University, No. 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. FAU - Qiao, Xiaoxia AU - Qiao X AD - School of Nursing, Peking University, No. 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. FAU - Ji, Lili AU - Ji L AD - School of Nursing, Peking University, No. 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. FAU - Wang, Wenyu AU - Wang W AD - School of Nursing, Peking University, No. 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. FAU - Wang, Cuili AU - Wang C AD - School of Nursing, Peking University, No. 38 Xueyuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. Electronic address: cwangpk@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230324 PL - Ireland TA - Maturitas JT - Maturitas JID - 7807333 SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Aged MH - *Activities of Daily Living MH - Cohort Studies MH - Longitudinal Studies MH - Prospective Studies MH - *Independent Living MH - Social Support OTO - NOTNLM OT - Functional ability OT - Intrinsic capacity OT - Older adults OT - Social support OT - Trajectory COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no competing interest. EDAT- 2023/04/01 06:00 MHDA- 2023/04/25 10:20 CRDT- 2023/03/31 18:12 PHST- 2022/09/12 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/02/08 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/03/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/04/25 10:20 [medline] PHST- 2023/04/01 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/03/31 18:12 [entrez] AID - S0378-5122(23)00050-6 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.maturitas.2023.03.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Maturitas. 2023 May;171:33-39. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2023.03.005. Epub 2023 Mar 24.