Background The efficacy of promoting social interactions to improve the health of older
adults is not fully established due to residual confounding and selection bias. Methods The …

Social participation has been linked to healthy aging and the maintenance of functional
independence in older individuals. However, causality remains tenuous because of the …

Background We examined the relationship between incident functional disability and social
participation from the perspective of number of types of organizations participated in and …

Introduction There are few intervention studies that demonstrated linking social participation
to lower risk of cognitive decline. We examined prospectively the protective effect of a …

Background Previous studies have reported that older people's social participation has
positive effects on their health. However, some studies showed that the impacts of social …

The impact of social participation on older adults' health may differ by individual
socioeconomic status (SES). Consequently, we examined SES effect modification on the …

Background Although several longitudinal studies have examined the relationship between
social participation and incident functional disability, the related mechanisms have remained …

Introduction The most effective type of social participation against psychological distress in
older adults is not well documented. The aim of this study was to examine whether different …

Background Over the last several decades, social isolation and loneliness among older
adults have posed an increasingly urgent challenge due to the rapidly aging population in …

Background Existing studies in developed countries show that social participation has
beneficial effects on the functional ability of older adults, but research on Chinese older …