Functional Limitations, Volunteering, and Diurnal Cortisol Patterns in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Older adults often experience functional limitations that affect their everyday lives, but many of them continue to make positive contributions to society and benefit from these contributions themselves. We examine (a) whether older adults' functional limitations are associated with diurnal cortisol patterns and (b) whether these associations vary on volunteering days versus nonvolunteering days.

Methods

Participants were adults aged older than 60 years (N = 435) from the National Study of Daily Experiences, part of the Midlife in the United States Study. They completed an initial interview on functional limitations and background characteristics, indicated volunteering activities in daily interviews, and also provided salivary samples across 4 days.

Results

SUBMITTER: Huo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8557846 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature