Impact of changes in leisure activities on incident disability among older adults: a nationwide cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As research has shown that participation in leisure activities (LAs) is closely related to health outcomes in later life, we explored the associations between dynamic changes in LAs and disability in activities of daily living (ADL) in older people.

Methods

We enrolled 11627 older adults free of disability from six waves in the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (1998, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2008, and 2011). All participants completed two consecutive LAs measurements (including six typical activities) in the first two waves and were divided into four categories according to the patterns of change: sustained low LA (n = 2931), LA increase (n = 1729), LA decrease (n = 1802), and sustained high LA (n = 5169). Incident ADL disability was identified using a total

SUBMITTER: Zhang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12577667 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature