Leisure activities and cognitive function in elderly community-dwelling individuals in Japan: A 5-year prospective cohort study

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 159-164

  Iwasa, Hajime ^a,b   Yoshida, Yuko ^b   Kai, Ichiro ^a   Suzuki, Takao ^c   Kim, Hunkyung ^b   Yoshida, Hideyo ^b  

^a Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cognition; Cohort study; Community; Elderly; Hobbies; Leisure activities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY DWELLING ELDERLY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84856217955     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.10.002     Document Type: Article

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