Is unwilling volunteering protective for functional decline? The interactive effects of volunteer willingness and engagement on health in a 3-year longitudinal study of Japanese older adults.
Kumiko NonakaYoshinori FujiwaraShuichiro WatanabeTatsuro IshizakiHajime IwasaHidenori AmanoYuko YoshidaErika KobayashiRyota SakuraiHiroyuki SuzukiShu KumagaiShoji ShinkaiTakao SuzukiPublished in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2019)
Volunteer activity is effective for preventing BADL decline only for those who willingly engage. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2019; 19: 673-678.