The impact of leisure activities on older adults' cognitive function, physical function, and mental health.

Engagement in leisure activities has been claimed to be highly beneficial in the elderly. Practicing such activities is supposed to help older adults to preserve cognitive function, physical function, and mental health, and thus to contribute to successful aging. We used structural equation modeling...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Sala, Daniela Jopp, Fernand Gobet, Madoka Ogawa, Yoshiko Ishioka, Yukie Masui, Hiroki Inagaki, Takeshi Nakagawa, Saori Yasumoto, Tatsuro Ishizaki, Yasumichi Arai, Kazunori Ikebe, Kei Kamide, Yasuyuki Gondo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0225006