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Urinary Incontinence and Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Physical Activity and Social Engagement

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  • Gum-Ryeong ParkM
  • Sujeong Park
  • Jinho Kim

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ObjectivesThis study investigates longitudinal within-person associations between urinary incontinence (UI) and depressive symptoms among older women. Drawing on activity theory, this study also adds to limited knowledge about the mediating role of physical activity and social engagement in the association between UI and depressive symptoms.MethodsUsing 6 waves of a nationally representative longitudinal study of older adults in Korea between 2008 and 2018, this study examined the relationship between UI and depressive symptoms among women aged 70 and older. Fixed effects models were estimated to account for unobserved time-invariant confounding factors. Sobel mediation tests were conducted to formally test for mediation.ResultsFixed effects estimates showed that, after adjusting for a wide array of time-varying covariates, having UI is positively associated with depressive symptoms among older women (b = 0.238, p

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  • Gum-Ryeong ParkM & Sujeong Park & Jinho Kim, 2022. "Urinary Incontinence and Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Physical Activity and Social Engagement," The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, The Gerontological Society of America, vol. 77(7), pages 1250-1258.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:geronb:v:77:y:2022:i:7:p:1250-1258.
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