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- Title
Examining the association between late-life leisure activity participation and global cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly Chinese in Hong Kong.
- Authors
Leung, Grace Tak Yu; Fung, Ada Wai Tung; Tam, Cindy Woon Chi; Lui, Victor Wing Cheong; Chiu, Helen Fung Kum; Chan, Wai Man; Lam, Linda Chiu Wa
- Abstract
Objective: This study examines the association between late-life leisure activity participation and global cognitive decline in community-dwelling elderly Chinese in Hong Kong. Methods: Five hundred and five participants, not clinically demented at the baseline, were analysed in the follow-up study of a population-based community survey among Hong Kong Chinese aged 60 and over. Information regarding leisure activity participation, global cognitive function and important sociodemographic variables was collected. Late life leisure activity profiles were classified into intellectual, social, physical and recreational categories, and were measured by total hours per week, total frequency and total number of subtypes. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to evaluate the association between leisure activity participation at the baseline and the incidence of global cognitive decline at the 22-month follow-up. The incidence of global cognitive decline was defined as a one-point drop in z-score of the Cantonese version of the mini-mental state examination (CMMSE). Results: At the follow-up, a higher level of participation in intellectual activities was significantly associated with a lower incidence of global cognitive decline as measured by both the total hours per week (multivariate-adjusted OR 0.97 (95% CI 0.94–0.99, p¼0.003)), and the total number of subtypes (multivariate-adjusted OR 0.74 (95% CI 0.58–0.95, p¼0.018)). Conclusions: A higher level of late-life intellectual activity participation was associated with less global cognitive decline among community-dwelling elderly Chinese in Hong Kong. Copyright # 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
HONG Kong (China); COGNITION disorders; COMPUTER software; CONFIDENCE intervals; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERVIEWING; LEISURE; LISTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; MULTIVARIATE analysis; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH funding; LOGISTIC regression analysis; DATA analysis; SCALE items; INDEPENDENT living
- Publication
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 2011, Vol 26, Issue 1, p39
- ISSN
0885-6230
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/gps.2478