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Painting pictures and playing musical instruments
— change in participation and relationship to health in older women | | Author(s) | Jeannine L M Liddle, Lynne Parkinson, David W Sibbritt |
| Journal title | Australasian Journal on Ageing, vol 31, no 4, December 2012 |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell, December 2012 |
| Pages | pp 218-221 |
| Source | wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/ajag |
| Keywords | Older women ; Recreation ; Painting ; Musical instruments ; Participation ; Health [elderly] ; Mental health [elderly] ; Quality of life ; Well being. |
| Annotation | The aim of the present study was to explore how changed participation in painting pictures or playing a musical instrument is related to change in physical and mental health in older women. Women enrolled in the 1921_1926 birth cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health were surveyed in 2005 and 2008. Changed participation in painting pictures or playing a musical instrument was considered in relation to changes in social activity, social support, health status and health-related quality of life. Data were available for 5,058 women. Improvements in instrumental activities of daily living, confidence interval (CI) and role limitations due to emotional factors were associated with starting participation. Decline in mental health-related quality of life was associated with stopping. Overall results showed that changed participation was associated with change in functional capacity and tied to emotional well-being. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130111201 A |
| Classmark | BD: H: H7: HHD: TMB: CC: D: F:59: D:F:5HH |
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