Does Playing Mahjong Benefit Older Individuals? A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: Playing mahjong is a popular intellectual and social leisure activity in Asian countries. It is culturally believed that this activity is beneficial to cognitive and psychological functioning in older adults. However, empirical evidence of the benefits of playing mahjong is scant and scattered across the Western and Asian literature. This scoping review comprehensively examined previous studies of the relationships between playing mahjong and cognitive, psychological, and functional abilities in older adults, highlighted gaps in the literature, and identified directions for future research. A systematic search of the literature was conducted across thirteen Western and Asian databases. Fifty-three studies, including forty-seven observational and six intervention studies, were identified. O

SUBMITTER: Tse ZCK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11436455 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature