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Pattern of participation in leisure activities among older people in relation to their health conditions and contextual factors
— a survey in a Swedish urban area | | Author(s) | Stephanie Paillard-Borg, Hui-Xin Wang, Bengt Winblad |
| Journal title | Ageing and Society, vol 29, part 5, July 2009 |
| Pages | pp 803-821 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/aso |
| Keywords | Recreation ; Participation ; Health [elderly] ; Mental disorder ; Urban areas ; Social surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | A cohort of 623 participants aged 75+ from the Kungsholmen Project living in Stockholm, Sweden was asked to list all the leisure activities they were engaged in. These were successively organised into 31 major categories and further grouped into mental, social, physical, productive and recreational types. The pattern of participation was examined in relation to age, gender, contextual factors (education, social network) and health status (depressive symptoms, cognitive impairment, dementia, somatic diseases and physical limitation). In spite of their advanced age, the majority of the population was active: 70% had participated in at least one activity. Reading (19%) was the most prevalent individual activity, and mental activities (43%) the most prevalent type. Older age, female gender, low education status, having a poor or limited social network, mental disorders, and physical limitation were all factors correlated with a decreased engagement in "at least one activity". Contextual factors and health-related factors were related to the five activity types in different ways. The pattern of participation in leisure activities is associated with multiple factors; and their recognition is essential to the facilitation of an active lifestyle in the older population. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-090611008 A |
| Classmark | H: TMB: CC: E: RK: 3F: 76P |
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