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Table 6 Standardized effects of factors affecting in community-dwelling older adults with social frailty (n = 295)

From: The relationship between social frailty and loneliness in community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study

Path

Direct effects

Indirect effects

Total effects

Age–- > Social frailty

0.117

0.078

0.195*

Income–- > Social frailty

-0.057

-0.118**

-0.175*

Habitation–- > Social frailty

-0.065

-0.136**

-0.201**

Education–- > Social frailty

-0.177**

-0.095*

-0.272***

Loneliness–- > Social frailty

0.762***

-

0.762***

Social frailty –- > Q1

0.469***

-

0.469***

Social frailty –- > Q2

0.423***

-

0.423***

Social frailty –- > Q3

0.513***

-

0.513***

Social frailty –- > Q4

0.569***

-

0.569***

Social frailty –- > Q5

0.479***

-

0.479***

Education–- > Loneliness

-0.125*

-

-0.125*

Income–- > Loneliness

0.155**

-

0.155**

Habitation–- > Loneliness

-0.179**

-

-0.179**

Age–- > Loneliness

0.102

-

0.102

  1. Q1 ~ Q5: Five dimensions of social frailty
  2. *P ≤ 0.05; **P ≤ 0.01; ***P ≤ 0.001