Social Engagement and All-Cause Mortality: A Focus on Participants of the Minority Aging Research Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Social engagement is known to improve health; less is known about whether social activities at the core of African American life decrease mortality risk in this minoritized population. This study investigated whether and which aspects of social engagement predict mortality risk in older African Americans.

Methods

Data from 768 African Americans (aged ∼73 years; nondemented at baseline) participating in the Minority Aging Research Study, a longitudinal community-based, cohort study of aging, was collected between 2004 and 2020 and analyzed in 2020. Participants self-reported late-life social activity, social network size, life space, and purpose in life at baseline and completed approximately 6.5 years of annual follow-up (range=15.70). Cox models included time f

SUBMITTER: Lamar M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10019601 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature