Participation in Community Gathering Places and Subsequent Health and Well-Being: An Outcome-Wide Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Evidence remains inadequate regarding the benefits of participation in community gathering places, which is Japan's primary strategy for preventing functional disability in older adults, in other domains of health and well-being. This longitudinal study examined the associations of participation in community gathering places with an array of subsequent health and well-being outcomes among older adults.

Research design and methods

We used 3-wave data (2013, 2016, and 2019) from Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (n = 5 879 or 4 232 depending on the outcome). Our exposure was participation in community gathering places in 2016. We assessed 34 health/well-being outcomes in 2019 across 6 domains. We adjusted for pre-baseline covariates includi

SUBMITTER: Ide K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10724175 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature