Social participation and incident disability and mortality among frail older adults: A JAGES longitudinal study.
Noriyuki AbeKazushige IdeRyota WatanabeTakahiro HayashiGenmei IizukaKatsunori KondoPublished in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2023)
Social participation was associated with a lower risk of incident disability and mortality, not only in healthy older adults but also in frail older adults who are at higher risk of incident disability and mortality. This suggests that frail older adults should be encouraged to participate in all the seven types of social participation examined in this study, as this may lower the risk of subsequent disability and mortality.