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Author Rogers N.T., Fancourt D.
Title Cultural Engagement Is a Risk-Reducing Factor for Frailty Incidence and Progression
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Rogers N.T., Fancourt D.; Cultural Engagement Is a Risk-Reducing Factor for Frailty Incidence and Progression ;Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences vol:75 issue: 3.0 page:571

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Abstract Objectives: Given that frailty is a multifaceted health condition of increasing importance to policy-makers and care providers, it is relevant to consider whether multimodal interventions could provide combined psychophysiological support. As studies have demonstrated the beneficial effects of cultural engagement (including visiting museums/theatre/cinema) for many of the components of frailty, this study sought to explore whether community cultural engagement is associated both with a reduced risk of becoming frail and a slower trajectory of frailty progression in older adults. Methods: We used data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing to measure frequency of cultural engagement and both incident frailty and frailty progression over the following 10 years in 4,575 adults. Results: Our analyses used competing risks regression models and multilevel growth curve models adjusting for socioeconomic, health behaviors, social confounders, and subthreshold symptoms of frailty. There was a dose-response relationship between increasing frequency of cultural engagement and both incidence and progression of frailty (attendance every few months or more: incidence subhazard ratio = 0.79, 95% confidence interval CI = 0.63 to 0.996; trajectory coefficient = -0.0039, 95% CI = -0.0059 to -0.0019). Discussion: Older adults who engaged in cultural activities every few months or more had a reduced risk of becoming frail and a slower progression of frailty over time. Findings are in line with current calls for multimodal, multifactor, community approaches to support health in older age. © 2019 The Author(s).

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Objectives: Given that frailty is a multifaceted health condition of increasing importance to policy-makers and care providers, it is relevant to consider whether multimodal interventions could provide combined psychophysiological support. The event of interest was the date when a sufficient proportion of health deficits were reported and participants were defined as frail. In theorizing why we found these results previous studies have suggested that the health benefits of cultural engagement could be due to its combined effect on reducing social isolation sedentary behaviors and stress while providing social support networks and cognitive stimulation. The findings here of the benefits of cultural engagement are in line with current calls for multimodal multifactor community approaches to support health in older age. Notably while many health interventions involve the large-scale implementation of new interventions cultural venues already exist with over museums across Europe the United States and Canada alone.


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