Active social participation extends the healthy life expectancy of older men without spouses in Japan: The Yamanashi healthy active life expectancy cohort study.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to evaluate the association between family structure and healthy life expectancy among older Japanese adults, hypothesizing that social participation increases healthy life expectancy more in older men without a spouse than in older women. This study collected data on Healthy Life Expectancy from 541 older adults between 2003 and 2021 from the Healthy Life Expectancy Study, a cohort study of older adults in Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. The Japanese long-term care insurance system serves as an indicator of a healthy life expectancy. The family structures of participants were categorized as living alone, with a spouse, and with non-spouse cohabitants, whereas social activity frequency was classified as low or high (Community participation was assessed using a 4-point scale:

SUBMITTER: Oka T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11631014 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature