Social participation and the combination of future needs for long-term care and mortality among older Japanese people: a prospective cohort study from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES).

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our study aimed to examine the longitudinal association between social participation and both mortality and the need for long-term care (LTC) simultaneously.

Design

A prospective cohort study with 9.4 years of follow-up.

Setting

Six Japanese municipalities.

Participants

The participants were 15 313 people who did not qualify to receive LTC insurance at a baseline based on the data from the Aichi Gerontological Evaluation Study (AGES, 2003-2013). They received a questionnaire to measure social participation and other potential confounders. Social participation was defined as participating in at least one organisation from eight categories.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The primary outcomes were classified into three categories at the e

SUBMITTER: Takahashi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858158 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature