ArticleJournal of epidemiology2016
Relationship of Having Hobbies and a Purpose in Life With Mortality, Activities of Daily Living, and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Among Community-Dwelling Elderly Adults.
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- Multiple group membership and executive function in a socioeconomically diverse sample.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Cognitive Reserve Relationship with Physical Performance in Dementia-Free Older Adults: The MIND-China Study.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2024Article
- Factors Related to Ikigai among Home-visit Rehabilitation Users Aged 75 Years and Older Receiving Home Medical and Nursing Care in Japan.Physical therapy research · 2024Article
- Psychological resilience and competence: key promoters of successful aging and flourishing in late life.GeroScience · 2023Review
- Mortality was predicted by depression and functional dependence in a cohort of elderly adults of Italian descent from southern Brazil.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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- Overlap of Physical, Cognitive, and Social Frailty Affects Ikigai in Community-Dwelling Japanese Older Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Purpose in life (BMJ open · 2022Article
- Prospective Study of Engagement in Leisure Activities and All-Cause Mortality Among Older Japanese Adults.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study's aim was to clarify the relationship of having hobbies and a purpose in life (PIL; in Japanese, ikigai) with mortality and a decline in the activities of daily living (ADL) and instrumental ADL (IADL) among the community-dwelling elderly.
methodsProspective observational data from residents aged ≥65 years who were at increased risk for death (n = 1853) and developing a decline in ADL (n = 1254) and IADL (n = 1162) were analyzed. Cox proportional hazard models were used for mortality analysis of data from February 2011 to November 2014. ADL and IADL were evaluated using the Barthel Index and the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Index of Competence, respectively. ADL and IADL were assessed at baseline and follow-up and were evaluated using logistic regression models. Fully adjusted models included terms for age, gender, BMI, income, alcohol intake, smoking history, number of chronic diseases, cognitive function, and depression.
resultsDuring the follow-up of eligible participants, 248 had died, 119 saw a decline in ADL, and 178 saw a decline in IADL. In fully adjusted models, having neither hobbies nor PIL was significantly associated with an increased risk of mortality (hazard ratio 2.08; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.47-2.94), decline in ADL (odds ratio 2.74; 95% CI, 1.44-5.21), and decline in IADL (odds ratio 1.89; 95% CI, 1.01-3.55) compared to having both hobbies and PIL.
conclusionsAlthough effect modifications by cognitive functioning and depression cannot be ruled out, our findings suggest that having hobbies and PIL may extend not only longevity, but also healthy life expectancy among community-dwelling older adults.
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