ReviewAge and ageing2022
Scoping study of definitions of social participation: update and co-construction of an interdisciplinary consensual definition.
Review in Age and ageing, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07014865 (Factors Associated With Health-related Quality of Life and Social Participation of Patients With Multiple Myeloma and Their Caregivers), which is not on this map. Cited by 72 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Factors Associated With Health-related Quality of Life and Social Participation of Patients With Multiple Myeloma and Their Caregivers: a Mixed Methods Study
Who cites it
72 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 173 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of interventions for social isolation, loneliness, and social participation in older adults with hearing loss: results from a systematic review.Systematic reviews · 2026Pooled it
- Social participation of stroke patients: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Sex and gender differences in social participation among community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Disability-inclusive graduation programme intervention on social participation among ultra-poor people with disability in North Uganda: a cluster randomized trial.BMC medicine · 2025Trial
- Effects of a Mobile App to Promote Social Participation on Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- The Persian Version of the Social Participation Questionnaire: Translation, Cross-Cultural Adaptation, and Psychometric Evaluation Using Categorical Principal Component Analysis (CATPCA): A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- The dynamic association between loneliness and social participation among Chinese middle-aged and older adults.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- Factors associated with low social support and participation among Brazilian older adults with disabilities: a cross-sectional study based on the 2019 national health survey.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Social Health Among Individuals Living with Mental Illness During the Transition To Permanent Supportive Housing: A Scoping Review.Community mental health journal · 2026Article
- Domain-specific Internet use and social participation in older adults: the role of affective attitudes toward digital device use.European journal of ageing · 2026Article
- Contributory and developmental social participation and depressive symptoms among older adults in China: urban-rural and gender disparities.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- A Feasibility Study of a Community-Based Program for Individuals Living With Dementia.Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie · 2026Article
- High-Impact Participation? Social Activities, Activity Frequency, and Older Adult Cognition.Journal of aging and health · 2026Article
- Changes in social health among older adults: a random intercept latent transition analysis from China.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Intergenerational initiatives to support health and well-being of people aging with traumatic brain injury: an exploratory qualitative research protocol.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Older Adult Social Participation and Cognition: Illustrating Survey and Measurement Heterogeneity Across Studies.Research on aging · 2026Article
- Abandonment or overreach: the ethical failures of health and social systems and the need for contributory reciprocity.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Longitudinal associations between changes in higher-level competence and sleep status among community-dwelling older adults in Japan.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Interplay between mobility, social participation, and symptom burden in advanced lung cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
12 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
backgroundconsidering the importance of social participation for quality of life and active ageing in older adults, it is an important target of social and health professionals' interventions. A previous review of definitions of social participation in older adults included articles up to 2009; new publications and changes in the social context (e.g. social media and the COVID-19 pandemic) justify continuing this work.
objectivethis paper provides an updated inventory and synthesis of definitions of social participation in older adults. Based on a critical review by content experts and knowledge users, a consensual definition is proposed.
methodsusing a scoping study framework, four databases (MEDLINE, CINAHL, AgeLine, PsycInfo) were searched with relevant keywords. Fifty-four new definitions were identified. Using content analysis, definitions were deconstructed as a function of who, how, what, where, with whom, when, and why dimensions.
resultssocial participation definitions mostly focused on people's involvement in activities providing interactions with others in society or the community. According to this new synthesis and input from content experts and knowledge users, social participation can be defined as a person's involvement in activities providing interactions with others in community life and in important shared spaces, evolving according to available time and resources, and based on the societal context and what individuals want and is meaningful to them.
conclusiona single definition may facilitate the study of active ageing and the contribution of older adults to society, socioeconomic and personal development, benefits for older adults and society, self-actualisation and goal attainment.
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