Cultural Engagement Is a Risk-Reducing Factor for Frailty Incidence and Progression.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Given that frailty is a multifaceted health condition of increasing importance to policy-makers and care providers, it is relevant to consider whether multimodal interventions could provide combined psychophysiological support. As studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of cultural engagement (including visiting museums/theatre/cinema) for many of the components of frailty, this study sought to explore whether community cultural engagement is associated both with a reduced risk of becoming frail and a slower trajectory of frailty progression in older adults.

Methods

We used data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing to measure frequency of cultural engagement and both incident frailty and frailty progression over the following 10 years in 4,575 ad

SUBMITTER: Rogers NT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7768715 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature