Impact of social relationships on income-laughter relationships among older people: the JAGES cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Laughter has a positive and quantifiable effect on certain aspects of health, and previous studies have suggested that income influences the emotion. However, it is unknown whether social relationship-related factors modify the association between equivalised income and laughter among older people. In the present study, we examined the relationship between equivalised income and the frequency of laughter. In addition, we examined the impact of social relationship-related factors on the association between equivalised income and frequency of laughter using a cross-sectional study design.

Design

Cross-sectional study and binomial regression analysis.

Setting

We sampled from 30 municipalities in Japan.

Participants

We examined 20 752 non-disabled Japane

SUBMITTER: Imai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6042575 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature