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Does engagement with life enhance survival of elderly people in Sweden?
— the role of social and leisure activities | | Author(s) | Carin Lennartsson, Merril Silverstein |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 6, November 2001 |
| Pages | pp S335-S342 |
| Keywords | Engagement ; Longevity ; Social characteristics [elderly] ; Group activities ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | Survival was investigated with respect to activities that involved social integration, physical mobility, or neither physical nor social aspects. Factor analysis of baseline data from the Swedish Panel Study of Living Conditions of the Oldest Old (aged 77+) in 1992 was used to measure participation in 10 leisure activities. Cox proportional hazard regression analysis was used to measure the relative effects of activity factors and other independent variables on the logged hazard rate of mortality up to 1996. Analyses revealed 4 domains of activities along two basic dimensions: solitary-social and sedentary-active. For men, only participation in activities that were both solitary and active was significantly associated with reduced mortality risk when health variables were controlled. For women, none of the activity domains were significant where health variables were controlled. For the entire sample, greater participation in solitary-active activities significantly reduced risk of mortality when all other activity domains and health factors were controlled. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020107215 A |
| Classmark | DN: BGA: F: HW: 76P |
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