The differential effects of type and frequency of social participation on IADL declines of older people.

BACKGROUND:Although social participation (SP) is valid in active aging, it is vague which types and the frequency of SP are effective in maintaining instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). We conducted a community-based prospective cohort study and investigated the association of the types a...

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Main Authors: Kimiko Tomioka, Norio Kurumatani, Keigo Saeki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6248949?pdf=render