Chen Ya-Mei, Chiang Tung-Liang, Chen Duan-Rung, Tu Yu-Kang, Yu Hsiao-Wei
Institute of Health Policy and Management, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Int J Behav Med. 2016 Dec;23(6):697-706. doi: 10.1007/s12529-016-9554-y.
This study explored how changes in leisure time activities interplayed with changes in functional disability among Taiwanese older adults.
A parallel process and multiple-indicator latent growth curve modeling was adopted for analysis of the data. Longitudinal data from four waves of the Taiwan Longitudinal Study on Aging, collected between 1996 and 2007, were used for analysis. Data included responses of 5451 older adults with a mean age of 67.16 years (SD = 2.51) in 1996.
Compared to baseline level of leisure time activities, increasing the rate of change in leisure time activities has more than three times the effect on slowing down the progression of functional disabilities. The baseline functional disabilities did not significantly predict the changes in leisure time activity participation.
Engagement in leisure time activity in later life is associated with a slower speed of progression toward functional disability. Early functional disability may not inhibit leisure time activity participation in later life.
本研究探讨了台湾老年人休闲活动的变化与功能残疾变化之间是如何相互作用的。
采用平行过程和多指标潜在增长曲线模型对数据进行分析。使用了1996年至2007年期间从台湾老年纵向研究的四个波次收集的纵向数据进行分析。数据包括1996年5451名平均年龄为67.16岁（标准差=2.51）的老年人的回答。
与休闲活动的基线水平相比，休闲活动变化率的增加对减缓功能残疾进展的影响是其三倍多。基线功能残疾并不能显著预测休闲活动参与的变化。
晚年参与休闲活动与功能残疾进展速度较慢有关。早期功能残疾可能不会抑制晚年休闲活动的参与。
