Social interaction and cognitive decline: Results of a 7-year community intervention.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:There are few intervention studies that demonstrated linking social participation to lower risk of cognitive decline. We examined prospectively the protective effect of a community intervention program promoting social participation on the incidence of cognitive disability. METHODS:The baseline was established in a survey of community-dwelling older people aged 65 years old or more in July 2006 (2793 respondents, response rate 48.5%). The setting was Taketoyo town in Japan, where municipal authorities launched an intervention that was based on the establishment of community-based centers called "salons," where the town's senior residents could congregate and participate in social activities, ranging from arts and crafts, games, and interactive activities with preschool childre

SUBMITTER: Hikichi H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5651375 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature