Positive Affect and Incidence of Frailty in Elderly Women Caregivers and Noncaregivers: Results of Caregiver–Study of Osteoporotic Fractures

摘要

OBJECTIVESTo determine whether positive affect is associated with a lower incidence of frailty over 2 years in elderly community-dwelling women and to test the stress-buffering hypothesis by evaluating whether these associations differed in caregivers and noncaregivers.