Moderating effect of age on the relationship between physical health loss and emotional distress post-acute care in Japanese older hospitalized patients.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateWritten informed consent was obtained from all the participants. In the case of patients who did not have sufficient capacity to provide consent due to cognitive decline or other reasons, informed consent was obtained from the patient and family. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology (approval number: 830). Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding This work was supported by a JSPS KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (c) (grant number 19K03334), and by Research Funding for Longevity Sciences (26–34, 29–1, and 29–35) from the National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan."