ArticleJournal of epidemiology2012
Relationship of hobby activities with mortality and frailty among community-dwelling elderly adults: results of a follow-up study in Japan.
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- Prospective Study of Engagement in Leisure Activities and All-Cause Mortality Among Older Japanese Adults.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
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- The Evolutionary Stage of Cognitive Frailty and Its Changing Characteristics in Old Adults.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Article
- Leisure Activity Variety and Brain Volume Among Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Analysis of the Neuron to Environmental Impact Across Generations Study Data.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
- Types of social networks and starting leisure activities in later life: A longitudinal Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JAGES).PloS one · 2021Article
- A Study on the Influence of Social Leisure Activities on the Progression to the Stage of Frailty in Korean Seniors.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Physical frailty and its associated factors among elderly nursing home residents in China.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Ethnic and Gender Differences in Preferred Activities among Māori and non-Māori of Advanced age in New Zealand.Journal of cross-cultural gerontology · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe proportion of Japanese adults aged 65 years or older is predicted to increase; thus, it is becoming more important to identify factors that influence health status among elderly adults in Japan. We conducted a follow-up study of community-dwelling elderly adults to assess the relationship of hobby activities with mortality and incident frailty.
methodsWe randomly selected 3583 individuals aged 65 to 84 years from the residential registries of 7 study areas in Hokkaido, Japan in August 2007. Among them, 1955 (54.6%) returned completed questionnaires with written informed consent by mail. The baseline assessment questionnaire comprised questions on current and past involvement in hobby activities, self-perceived health status, smoking and drinking habits, and body height and weight. Questions on hobby activities were from 4 categories: solitary physical, group physical, solitary cultural, and group cultural activities. We later conducted a follow-up survey of the participants to ascertain all-cause mortality and incident frailty. A Cox proportional hazards model was used for analysis of data from September 2007 to May 2010.
resultsAfter adjusting for potential confounders, the risk of incident frailty among respondents participating in solitary physical activities was significantly lower than in those who did not participate in such activities (hazard ratio = 0.57; 95% CI 0.33, 0.99). Furthermore, the risk of incident frailty among respondents taking part in group cultural activities was significantly lower than in those who did not participate in such activities (0.41; 0.19, 0.87).
conclusionsThese findings may be important for programs that seek to promote good health among elderly adults.
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