ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Participating in Different Activities and Their Association with Mental Health Problems in the Working Disabled Population in Korea.
Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.
- Activating the souls of the older adults: insights into the psychological well-being of older adults through social interactions in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- [Disability and participation in active leisure activities: results from a Chilean population-based survey].Cadernos de saude publica · 2024Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThere are a large number of people suffering from disabilities and this number is rapidly rising. People with disabilities experience various hardships and are more vulnerable to mental health problems. Participating in different types of activities (e.g., leisure, social, etc.) has been shown to ameliorate people's mental health problems such as stress and depression. The aim of this study was to assess the effects of leisure and social activities on the mental well-being of the working disabled population in Korea.
methodsA total of 1521 disabled people aged between 15 and 64 were included in the study. The degree of participation in leisure (i.e., weekends or weekdays) and social activities, as well as stress and depressive symptoms, were measured using single-item questions. The association between participation in different activities (i.e., leisure and social) and mental health (i.e., stress and depression) was analyzed using a generalized estimating equation (GEE) model.
resultsIn the fully adjusted model, participation in leisure activities was associated with the level of stress, and less leisure participation was significantly associated with higher odds of stress. For example, in the "2 or fewer hours" group (odds ratio [OR] = 1.461, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.193-1.789) with the "5 h or more" group used as the reference for weekdays and the "5-9 h" group (OR = 1.223, 95% CI = 1.007-1.486) with the "10 h or more" group used as the reference for weekends. In terms of participation in social activities, increased participation was associated with lower levels of depression. For example, in the "Very much" group (OR = 0.314, 95% CI = 0.156-0.633) compared to the "Not at all" group.
conclusionsParticipation in different activities was associated with better mental health outcomes in the working disabled population in Korea.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.