The Impact of Intrinsic Capacity on Quality of Life in Older Adults: A Multidimensional SEM Analysis

Abstract

Amidst global population aging, while the WHO’s Intrinsic Capacity (IC) framework offers critical insights into multidimensional quality of life (QoL) determinants in older adults, systematic quantification of its clinical-social pathways remains limited. This cross-sectional study of 509 older adults (mean age 78.4±8.