How is Self-Rated Health Related to the Social Network in Frail/Pre-Frail Older Adults: A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study Assessing Healthy Aging in Three Less Privileged Urban Neighborhoods

Cedrik Barth, Marie Bolster, Denis Gerstorf, Raphael Kohl, Dagmar Haase, Abhijit Visaria, Paul Gellert, Wolfram J. Herrmann, Institute of General Practice and Family Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Department of Psychology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Socio-Economic Panel, Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung , Institute of Medical Sociology and Rehabilitation Science, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Geography Department, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Computational Landscape Ecology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ, Independent Researcher

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Published online on December 27, 2025

Abstract

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This prospective cross-sectional study examined whether a beneficial social network can buffer the negative association between frailty/pre-frailty and self-rated health among older adults in three less privileged urban neighborhoods. The final sample of ...