https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/624378
Title: | Trajectories of Leisure Activity and Disability in Older Adults Over 11 Years in Taiwan | Authors: | Yu, Hsiao-Wei TUNG-LIANG CHIANG DUAN-RUNG CHEN YU-KANG TU YA-MEI CHEN |
Keywords: | Taiwan; disability; leisure activities; trajectories | Issue Date: | 2018 | Publisher: | SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC | Journal Volume: | 37 | Journal Issue: | 6 | Start page/Pages: | 706 | Source: | Journal of Applied Gerontology | Abstract: | We aimed to identify leisure activity (LA) trajectories and examined the association among baseline characteristics, LA trajectories, and the later disability among older Taiwanese adults. Data were from the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging Survey for the years 1996-2007 ( N = 3,186). LA trajectories were identified by using latent class growth curve modeling. Regression analyses were applied to predict the relationships among baseline characteristics, LA trajectories, and disability. Four LA trajectories-consistent high, consistent low, increasing, and decreasing-were identified. Lower depressive symptom was related to consistently active in LAs. Younger age and fewer comorbidities were related to develop an increasing LA trajectory. Participants in the consistent-high or increasing LA trajectories were more likely to be functionally independent, but those in the decreasing LA subgroup were more at risk of developing disability. The findings suggested that long-term changes in LA over time have benefits on physical health in older population. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85046765541&doi=10.1177%2f0733464816650800&partnerID=40&md5=411a8cd0d9c114c9b471dae77915e5a9 https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/624378 |
ISSN: | 0733-4648 | DOI: | 10.1177/0733464816650800 |
Appears in Collections: | 健康政策與管理研究所 |
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