[Association between working in small-scale cultivated land as a daily-life task and the physical and cognitive functions among elderly people in hilly and mountainous areas].
Mio KitamuraYasuhiko ShirayamaTakaharu GotoTetsuo IchikawaShinji FujiwaraPublished in: Nihon Ronen Igakkai zasshi. Japanese journal of geriatrics (2024)
Working on small-scale cultivated land was significantly associated with the cognitive function but not the physical function. Routine work on small-scale cultivated land as a daily-life task would contribute to the suppression of cognitive decline in older people living in hilly and mountainous areas.