Food insecurity and mobility difficulty in middle-aged and older adults: The importance of bio-psychosocial factors

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作者
Gyasi, Razak M. [1 ,2 ]
Asiedu, Hubert Bimpeh [3 ]
Siaw, Lawrencia Pokuah [4 ]
Nyaaba, Emmanuel [4 ]
Affum-Osei, Emmanuel [5 ]
Lamptey, Richard Bruce [6 ]
Muhonja, Faith [7 ]
Arthur, Dominic Degraft [8 ]
Asamoah, Edward [3 ]
Nimoh, Michael [8 ]
Adu-Gyamfi, Samuel [8 ]
机构
[1] African Populat & Hlth Res Ctr, Nairobi, Kenya
[2] Southern Cross Univ, Fac Hlth, Natl Ctr Naturopath Med, Lismore, NSW, Australia
[3] Kwame Nkrumah Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Sociol & Social Work, Kumasi, Ghana
[4] Kwame Nkrumah Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Geog & Rural Dev, Kumasi, Ghana
[5] Kwame Nkrumah Univ Sci & Technol, Sch Business, Dept Human Resources, Kumasi, Ghana
[6] Kwame Nkrumah Univ Sci & Technol, Coll Sci Lib, Kumasi, Ghana
[7] Mt Kenya Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Thika, Kenya
[8] Kwame Nkrumah Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Hist & Polit Studies, Kumasi, Ghana
关键词
Mobility limitations; Demographic aging; Healthy aging; Loneliness; Physical activity; Sleep problems; CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSES; PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY; IMPACT; ASSOCIATION; IMPAIRMENT; DISABILITY; SYMPTOMS; ACCESS; HEALTH; LIFE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jpsychores.2024.111849
中图分类号
R749 [精神病学];
学科分类号
100205 ;
摘要
Objective: Food insecurity has been associated with mobility difficulty (MD) in old age. However, there is a scarcity of research on this topic from low- and middle-income countries, while the bio-psychological factors underlying this association are largely unknown. We investigated the food insecurity-MD link in Ghana and explored how sleep, anxiety, loneliness, and physical activity (PA) mediate the association. Methods: Community-based, representative cross-sectional data from the Aging, Health, Well-being, and Healthseeking Behavior Study were analyzed (N = 1201; Mage = 66.5; women = 63%). MD was assessed with items from the SF-36 of the Medical Outcomes Study. We assessed food insecurity with items on hunger and breakfastskipping frequency due to lack of food and resources. Adjusted OLS and mediation models via bootstrapping technique evaluated the associations. Results: Results revealed the expected association between food insecurity and MD, such that greater food insecurity was significantly and positively associated with MD across paths (from beta = 0.33 to beta = 0.42, p < .001). Analyses of indirect effects showed that sleep problems (27.8%), anxiety (15.5%), loneliness (17.5%), and PA (18.0%) mediated the association between food insecurity and MD. Cross-level interactions revealed that food insecurity significantly modified the link between each mediator and MD. Conclusions: Our data provide novel evidence that bio-psychological mechanisms may underlie the food insecurity-MD link and should, therefore, be considered relevant targets for interventions to prevent/manage MD in later life.
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