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Educational intervention and functional decline among older people: the modifying effects of social capital
Engelsk titel: Educational intervention and functional decline among older people: the modifying effects of social capital Läs online Författare: Poulsen, Tine ; Siersma, Volkert Dirk ; Lund, Rikke ; Christensen, Ulla ; Vass, Mikkel ; Avlund, Kirsten Språk: Eng Antal referenser: 25 Dokumenttyp: Artikel UI-nummer: 14099049

Tidskrift

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2014;42(3)295-303 ISSN 1403-4948 E-ISSN 1651-1905 KIBs bestånd av denna tidskrift Denna tidskrift är expertgranskad (Peer-Reviewed)

Sammanfattning

Aim: To analyse if social capital modifies the effect of educational intervention of home visitors on mobility disability. Earlier studies have found that educational intervention of home visitors has a positive effect of older peoples? functional decline, but how social capital might modify this effect is still unknown. Methods: We used the Danish Intervention Study on Preventive Home Visits – a prospective cohort study including 2863 75-year-olds and 1171 80-year-olds in 34 Danish municipalities – to analyse the modifying effect of different aspects of social capital on the effect of educational intervention of home visitors on functional decline. The three measures of social capital (bonding, bridging, and linking) were measured at contextual level. Data was analysed with multivariate linear regression model using generalised estimating equations to account for repeated measurements. Results: We found that 80-year-olds living in municipalities with high bonding (B=0.089, p=0.0279) and high linking (B=0.0929; p=0.0217) had significant better mobility disability in average at 3-year follow up if their municipality had received intervention. Conclusions: With the unique design of the Danish Intervention Study on Preventive Home Visits and with theory-based measures of social capital that distinguish between three aspects of social capital with focus on older people, this study contributes to the literature about the role of social capital for interventions on mobility disability.