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The impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health
Engagement in leisure activities has been claimed to be highly beneficial in the elderly. Practicing such activities is supposed to help older adults to preserve cognitive function, physical function, and mental health, and thus to contribute to successful aging. We used structural equation modeling...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6839878/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31703115 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225006 |
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author | Sala, Giovanni Jopp, Daniela Gobet, Fernand Ogawa, Madoka Ishioka, Yoshiko Masui, Yukie Inagaki, Hiroki Nakagawa, Takeshi Yasumoto, Saori Ishizaki, Tatsuro Arai, Yasumichi Ikebe, Kazunori Kamide, Kei Gondo, Yasuyuki |
author_facet | Sala, Giovanni Jopp, Daniela Gobet, Fernand Ogawa, Madoka Ishioka, Yoshiko Masui, Yukie Inagaki, Hiroki Nakagawa, Takeshi Yasumoto, Saori Ishizaki, Tatsuro Arai, Yasumichi Ikebe, Kazunori Kamide, Kei Gondo, Yasuyuki |
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description | Engagement in leisure activities has been claimed to be highly beneficial in the elderly. Practicing such activities is supposed to help older adults to preserve cognitive function, physical function, and mental health, and thus to contribute to successful aging. We used structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the impact of leisure activities on these constructs in a large sample of Japanese older adults (N = 809; age range 72–74). The model exhibited an excellent fit (CFI = 1); engaging in leisure activities was positively associated with all the three successful aging indicators. These findings corroborate previous research carried out in Western countries and extend its validity to the population of Eastern older adults. Albeit correlational in nature, these results suggest that active engagement in leisure activities can help older adults to maintain cognitive, physical, and mental health. Future research will clarify whether there is a causal relationship between engagement in leisure activities and successful aging. |
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spelling | pubmed-68398782019-11-15 The impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health Sala, Giovanni Jopp, Daniela Gobet, Fernand Ogawa, Madoka Ishioka, Yoshiko Masui, Yukie Inagaki, Hiroki Nakagawa, Takeshi Yasumoto, Saori Ishizaki, Tatsuro Arai, Yasumichi Ikebe, Kazunori Kamide, Kei Gondo, Yasuyuki PLoS One Research Article Engagement in leisure activities has been claimed to be highly beneficial in the elderly. Practicing such activities is supposed to help older adults to preserve cognitive function, physical function, and mental health, and thus to contribute to successful aging. We used structural equation modeling (SEM) to analyze the impact of leisure activities on these constructs in a large sample of Japanese older adults (N = 809; age range 72–74). The model exhibited an excellent fit (CFI = 1); engaging in leisure activities was positively associated with all the three successful aging indicators. These findings corroborate previous research carried out in Western countries and extend its validity to the population of Eastern older adults. Albeit correlational in nature, these results suggest that active engagement in leisure activities can help older adults to maintain cognitive, physical, and mental health. Future research will clarify whether there is a causal relationship between engagement in leisure activities and successful aging. Public Library of Science 2019-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC6839878/ /pubmed/31703115 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225006 Text en © 2019 Sala et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Sala, Giovanni Jopp, Daniela Gobet, Fernand Ogawa, Madoka Ishioka, Yoshiko Masui, Yukie Inagaki, Hiroki Nakagawa, Takeshi Yasumoto, Saori Ishizaki, Tatsuro Arai, Yasumichi Ikebe, Kazunori Kamide, Kei Gondo, Yasuyuki The impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health |
title | The impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health |
title_full | The impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health |
title_fullStr | The impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health |
title_full_unstemmed | The impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health |
title_short | The impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health |
title_sort | impact of leisure activities on older adults’ cognitive function, physical function, and mental health |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6839878/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31703115 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225006 |
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