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The protective effect of psychological resilience on physical disability and grip strength is attenuated in individuals with frequent hospitalizations (2+ per year).
If you have been hospitalized frequently, psychological resilience might not be enough to maintain your physical strength on its own. This doesn't mean resilience is worthless, but it suggests that for those with high medical burden, resilience must be supported by robust medical care and physical therapy. Focus on preventing hospitalizations to allow resilience to do its protective work.
Among individuals with zero or one hospitalization, greater resilience was associated with less disability and greater grip strength. This association was attenuated following 2+ hospitalizations suggesting a threshold effect with resilience having a protective effect only in the context of fewer hospitalizations.
Why this rating
Based on interaction effects in a cross-sectional study; exploratory post-hoc analysis.
Source
Psychological resilience in older adults with type 2 diabetes from the Look <scp>AHEAD</scp> Trial
KayLoni L. Olson et al. · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022
DOI 10.1111/jgs.17986
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