- Title
- Painting pictures and playing musical instruments: change in participation and relationship to health in older women
- Creator
- Liddle, Jeannine L. M.; Parkinson, Lynne; Sibbritt, David W.
- Relation
- Australasian Journal on Ageing Vol. 31, Issue 4, p. 218-221
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-6612.2011.00574.x
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2012
- Description
- Aim: To explore how changed participation in painting pictures or playing a musical instrument is related to change in physical and mental health in older women. Method: Women enrolled in the 1921–1926 birth cohort of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health were surveyed in 2005 and 2008. Changed participation in painting pictures or playing a musical instrument was considered in relation to changes in social activity, social support, health status and health-related quality of life. Results: Data were available for 5058 women. Improvements in instrumental activities of daily living (odds ratio (OR) 1.1, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.0–1.2; P = 0.004) and role limitations due to emotional factors (OR 1.6, 95% CI 1.0–2.5; P = 0.002) were associated with starting participation. Decline in mental health-related quality of life (OR 4.1, 95% CI 2.3–7.2; P < 0.0001) was associated with stopping. Conclusion: Changed participation was associated with change in functional capacity and tied to emotional well-being.
- Subject
- aged; health-related quality of life; participation; women
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1306233
- Identifier
- uon:21173
- Identifier
- ISSN:1440-6381
- Language
- eng
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