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However, compared with older adults without frailty, older adults with frailty experience greater declines in physical functions and mental health (including depressive symptoms), as well as social functioning, due to reduced interaction with others, which limits their access to these sources of information.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Objective<\/jats:title>\n This study aimed to identify the health information sources that are less accessible to participants with frailty than to those without frailty.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods<\/jats:title>\n A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted among independent Japanese adults aged \u226575 years. We assessed frailty using the Questionnaire of Medical Checkup for Old-Old, with a score of \u22654 indicating frailty. Participants were asked whether they had accessed any health information source in the past year, including medical institutions, family members, friends or acquaintances, neighbors, government agencies, long-term care or welfare services, television, radio, the internet, magazines, newspapers, or books. The primary explanatory variable was frailty status. Covariates included age, sex, income, education, living arrangements, and health literacy, measured using the eHealth Literacy Scale.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n In total, 1032 participants (n=518, 50.2% male; median age: 77 y) were analyzed. Multivariable logistic regression analysis revealed that participants with frailty had significantly less access to the following sources of information compared to individuals without frailty: family (odds ratio [OR] 0.69, 95% CI 0.50\u20100.95), friends\/acquaintances (OR 0.70, 95% CI 0.51\u20100.98), radio (OR 0.50, 95% CI 0.31\u20100.79), and newspapers (OR 0.66, 95% CI 0.50\u20100.88). Sex-based subgroup analyses revealed no significant interaction effects, indicating no heterogeneity in the findings.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n Older adults with frailty were less likely to obtain health information from interpersonal and traditional media sources than did individuals without frailty. 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