The Smiles of Older People through Recreational Activities: Relationship between Smiles and Joy.

ABSTRACT: Recreational activities are found to increase people's smiles, arising joy in older people, but there is limited research on this topic within the Japanese context. This cross-sectional study aimed to measure the quality and frequency of smiles in older people living in rural settings using a smile analysis application. The participants comprised 13 females aged over 65 years who lived in Unnan City, Japan, and regularly attended recreational meetings. In this study, the recreational activity that the participants joined was a game called Mattoss. A video camera captured the participants' faces, while a smile assessment application assessed their facial expressions for smiles and joy. A total of 2767 smiles were recorded. For validity, we calculated the Spearman's rho score between smile a

SUBMITTER: Ohta R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7914444 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature