• Lili Ji, Xiaoxia Qiao, Yaru Jin, Huaxin Si, Xinyi Liu, and Cuili Wang.
• School of Nursing, Peking University, 100191 Beijing, China.
• Geriatr Nurs. 2020 Jul 1; 41 (4): 485-489.

ObjectiveThis study aims to examine age differences in the relationship between frailty and depression among older adults METHODS: A total of 1789 community-dwelling older adults were recruited from eastern China. Physical frailty and depressive symptoms were assessed using the Frailty Phenotype and the 5-item Geriatric Depression Scale, respectively.ResultsThe hierarchical multiple linear regression analysis revealed that frailty was significantly related to depressive symptoms (β = 0.272, P < 0.001) and there was a significant interaction between age and frailty (β = -0.703, P < 0.001). The Johnson-Neyman plot revealed that the relationship between frailty and depressive symptoms became weaker as people aged.ConclusionsFrailty is more likely to cause depressive symptoms among the young-old than among the old-old, reflecting the age-related positivity effect. This highlights that interventions on emotional regulation should particularly target the young-old to reduce the effect of frailty on depression.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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