Relationships between cognitive leisure activities and cognitive function in older adults with depressive symptoms: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The current study aimed to elucidate the associations between cognitive leisure activities and cognitive function in an older population stratified by having or not having depressive symptoms.

Design

A retrospective cross-sectional study based on a self-report questionnaire.

Setting

Annual health check-ups in a rural community in Japan.

Participants

A total of 11 010 community-dwelling older adults aged ≥65 years (mean age: 74.0±5.4 years) was examined. Participants with missing data for the main outcome (n=1630) were excluded.

Outcome measures

Cognitive impairment was defined as at least 1.5 SD below the reference threshold (age-adjusted and education-adjusted score) on two of more of the tests in the National Center for Geriatrics and Geront

SUBMITTER: Kim MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7044867 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature