%0 Journal Article
%T Association of frailty with workplace social activity, physical activity, and well-being among older employees: a moderated mediation in two income-variant samples.
%A Danquah E
%A Asiamah N
%A Jnr RA
%A Kouveliotis K
%J BMC Geriatr
%V 24
%N 1
%D 2024 Jul 3
%M 38961322
%F 4.07
%R 10.1186/s12877-024-05178-9
%X <B>BACKGROUND: </B>Research suggests that frailty is associated with lower physical activity and well-being in old age, but social activities at work may facilitate physical activity and its positive effect on well-being among older employees with frailty. This study, therefore, ascertained whether there is a moderated mediation of the association of frailty, Workplace Social Activity (WSA), and well-being by Physical Activity (PA).<BR><B>METHODS: </B>The study adopted a cross-sectional design with relevant sensitivity analyses for confounding. The participants were within two Ghanaian samples with different income levels (low-income, n = 897, and higher income, n = 530). The minimum samples were calculated, and the statistical models were tested with Haye's Process Model through structural equation modelling.<BR><B>RESULTS: </B>Frailty was negatively associated with PA, and this relationship was moderated by WSA in both samples. Higher frailty was directly and indirectly associated with lower well-being in the higher-income sample but only indirectly associated with lower well-being in the low-income sample. The mediation of PA in the frailty-well-being relationship is partial in the higher-income sample but complete in the low-income sample. There was evidence of moderated mediation in both samples.<BR><B>CONCLUSIONS: </B>WSA may reduce the strength of the negative association of frailty with PA and well-being among older employees in both samples. Workplace interventions aimed at enhancing WSA may encourage PA and enhance well-being among older employees with frailty.