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Leisure-time activities and psychological distress in a suburban community in Japan
OBJECTIVE: There is a wide range of leisure-time activities and previous research indicates that some of these are associated with lower psychological distress. The aim of this study was to assess whether leisure-time activities were associated with psychological distress. METHODS: A population-base...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4929052/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27413653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.04.007 |
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author | Toyoshima, Masato Kaneko, Yoshihiro Motohashi, Yutaka |
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description | OBJECTIVE: There is a wide range of leisure-time activities and previous research indicates that some of these are associated with lower psychological distress. The aim of this study was to assess whether leisure-time activities were associated with psychological distress. METHODS: A population-based questionnaire survey was conducted in 2009 in a suburban area of northern Japan using complete enumeration. Of 16,996 residents aged 30–79 years who received the questionnaire, 14,261 (83.9%) responded and 9908 (58.3%) responses were eligible for analysis. The relationship between psychological distress and physical, artistic, outdoor, and volunteer leisure-time activities was assessed separately and simultaneously by sex. RESULTS: The percentage of reported psychological distress was 2.8% for men and 3.9% for women. Each category of leisure-time activity was related to psychological distress separately. The simultaneous analyses revealed that engaging in regular outdoor leisure activity was associated with less psychological distress in both men (odds ratio [OR] = 0.38; 95% confidence intervals [CI]: 0.23, 0.63, p < 0.001) and women (OR = 0.39; 95% CI: 0.25, 0.59, p < 0.001). Engaging in regular physical activity was associated with less psychological distress in women (OR = 0.09; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.68, p = 0.019). Volunteer work and art activities were not associated with psychological distress in either men or women. CONCLUSION: Greater engagement in outdoor leisure activity and physical activity was significantly associated with a lower likelihood of psychological distress. The results from the present study indicate that engaging in leisure-time activities, especially in outdoor leisure and physical activities, may be an effective means of promoting public health. |
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spelling | pubmed-49290522016-07-13 Leisure-time activities and psychological distress in a suburban community in Japan Toyoshima, Masato Kaneko, Yoshihiro Motohashi, Yutaka Prev Med Rep Regular Article OBJECTIVE: There is a wide range of leisure-time activities and previous research indicates that some of these are associated with lower psychological distress. The aim of this study was to assess whether leisure-time activities were associated with psychological distress. METHODS: A population-based questionnaire survey was conducted in 2009 in a suburban area of northern Japan using complete enumeration. Of 16,996 residents aged 30–79 years who received the questionnaire, 14,261 (83.9%) responded and 9908 (58.3%) responses were eligible for analysis. The relationship between psychological distress and physical, artistic, outdoor, and volunteer leisure-time activities was assessed separately and simultaneously by sex. RESULTS: The percentage of reported psychological distress was 2.8% for men and 3.9% for women. Each category of leisure-time activity was related to psychological distress separately. The simultaneous analyses revealed that engaging in regular outdoor leisure activity was associated with less psychological distress in both men (odds ratio [OR] = 0.38; 95% confidence intervals [CI]: 0.23, 0.63, p < 0.001) and women (OR = 0.39; 95% CI: 0.25, 0.59, p < 0.001). Engaging in regular physical activity was associated with less psychological distress in women (OR = 0.09; 95% CI: 0.01, 0.68, p = 0.019). Volunteer work and art activities were not associated with psychological distress in either men or women. CONCLUSION: Greater engagement in outdoor leisure activity and physical activity was significantly associated with a lower likelihood of psychological distress. The results from the present study indicate that engaging in leisure-time activities, especially in outdoor leisure and physical activities, may be an effective means of promoting public health. Elsevier 2016-04-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4929052/ /pubmed/27413653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.04.007 Text en © 2016 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Regular Article Toyoshima, Masato Kaneko, Yoshihiro Motohashi, Yutaka Leisure-time activities and psychological distress in a suburban community in Japan |
title | Leisure-time activities and psychological distress in a suburban community in Japan |
title_full | Leisure-time activities and psychological distress in a suburban community in Japan |
title_fullStr | Leisure-time activities and psychological distress in a suburban community in Japan |
title_full_unstemmed | Leisure-time activities and psychological distress in a suburban community in Japan |
title_short | Leisure-time activities and psychological distress in a suburban community in Japan |
title_sort | leisure-time activities and psychological distress in a suburban community in japan |
topic | Regular Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4929052/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27413653 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2016.04.007 |
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