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Social participation of older people in urban and rural areas: Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Although the positive influence of social activity on health is now well-established, a complex relationship exists among social participation, personal, social and the environment. Social participation of older adults was examined in rural and urban settings to identify f...

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Autores principales: Jones, C. Allyson, Jhangri, Gian S., Yamamoto, Shelby S., Hogan, David B., Hanson, Heather, Levasseur, Mélanie, Morales, Ernesto, Légaré, France
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Publicado: BioMed Central 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10354920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37464306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04127-2
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author Jones, C. Allyson
Jhangri, Gian S.
Yamamoto, Shelby S.
Hogan, David B.
Hanson, Heather
Levasseur, Mélanie
Morales, Ernesto
Légaré, France
author_facet Jones, C. Allyson
Jhangri, Gian S.
Yamamoto, Shelby S.
Hogan, David B.
Hanson, Heather
Levasseur, Mélanie
Morales, Ernesto
Légaré, France
author_sort Jones, C. Allyson
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description BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Although the positive influence of social activity on health is now well-established, a complex relationship exists among social participation, personal, social and the environment. Social participation of older adults was examined in rural and urban settings to identify features of the built-environment and perception of neighborhood specific to the locale. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Using cross-sectional data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), we examined social participation and health of older people (65 + yrs) in relation to the built environment and sociocultural contexts for urban and rural areas. A social participation index was derived from responses on the frequency of participating in 8 social activities over the past 12 months. Personal, household and neighborhood indicators were examined to develop multivariable regression models for social participation in urban and rural cohorts. RESULTS: No meaningful differences were seen with the frequency of social participation between rural and urban settings; however, the type of community-related activities differed in that a greater proportion of urban participants reported sports and educational/cultural events than rural participants. Service club activities were greater for rural than urban participants. Different neighborhood features were statistically significant factors in explaining social participation in rural than in urban locales, although transportation was a significant factor regardless of locale. Trustworthiness, belonging and safety were perceived factors of the neighborhood associated with higher social participation for rural participants. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: The relationship between home and health becomes stronger as one ages. Social and physical features of built environment specific to urban and rural settings need to be considered when implementing appropriate social activities for older people.
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spelling pubmed-103549202023-07-20 Social participation of older people in urban and rural areas: Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging Jones, C. Allyson Jhangri, Gian S. Yamamoto, Shelby S. Hogan, David B. Hanson, Heather Levasseur, Mélanie Morales, Ernesto Légaré, France BMC Geriatr Research BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Although the positive influence of social activity on health is now well-established, a complex relationship exists among social participation, personal, social and the environment. Social participation of older adults was examined in rural and urban settings to identify features of the built-environment and perception of neighborhood specific to the locale. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Using cross-sectional data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA), we examined social participation and health of older people (65 + yrs) in relation to the built environment and sociocultural contexts for urban and rural areas. A social participation index was derived from responses on the frequency of participating in 8 social activities over the past 12 months. Personal, household and neighborhood indicators were examined to develop multivariable regression models for social participation in urban and rural cohorts. RESULTS: No meaningful differences were seen with the frequency of social participation between rural and urban settings; however, the type of community-related activities differed in that a greater proportion of urban participants reported sports and educational/cultural events than rural participants. Service club activities were greater for rural than urban participants. Different neighborhood features were statistically significant factors in explaining social participation in rural than in urban locales, although transportation was a significant factor regardless of locale. Trustworthiness, belonging and safety were perceived factors of the neighborhood associated with higher social participation for rural participants. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS: The relationship between home and health becomes stronger as one ages. Social and physical features of built environment specific to urban and rural settings need to be considered when implementing appropriate social activities for older people. BioMed Central 2023-07-18 /pmc/articles/PMC10354920/ /pubmed/37464306 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04127-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Jones, C. Allyson
Jhangri, Gian S.
Yamamoto, Shelby S.
Hogan, David B.
Hanson, Heather
Levasseur, Mélanie
Morales, Ernesto
Légaré, France
Social participation of older people in urban and rural areas: Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
title Social participation of older people in urban and rural areas: Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
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title_fullStr Social participation of older people in urban and rural areas: Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
title_full_unstemmed Social participation of older people in urban and rural areas: Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
title_short Social participation of older people in urban and rural areas: Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
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topic Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10354920/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37464306
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04127-2
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