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Focus on leisure repertoire in the oldest old — the Umeå 85+ study
Author(s)	Ingeborg Nilsson, Britta Löfgren, Anne G Fisher
Journal title	Journal of Applied Gerontology, vol 25, no 5, November 2006
Pages	pp 391-405
Source	http://jag.sagepub.com
Keywords	Octogenarians ; Nonagenarians ; Recreation ; Cross sectional surveys ; Sweden.
Annotation	As part of the Umeå 85+ study in northern Sweden, a validated 20-item leisure interest checklist with four sub-scales was used to measure leisure participation and to investigate the leisure repertoire among 156 participants. The oldest old were most likely to be interested in, perform, be motivated for, and perceive well-being, from social activities, cultural activities, and TV, video or movies. These respondents were least likely to be interested in, perform, be motivated for, and perceive well-being, from equipment sports and ball games. Some gender, geographical differences and differences in cognitive status were found. The oldest old were more likely to endorse the same activities across all sub-scales of the checklist, but the linear magnitude varied across sub-scales. The relationship between performance and the other sub-scales suggested that a sense of engagement or participation is related to actual performance. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070115224 A
Classmark	BBM: BBR: H: 3KB: 76P
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