Chizari H, Shooshtari S, Duncan K, Menec V. Examining the Effects of Participation in Leisure and Social Activities on General Health and Life Satisfaction of Older Canadian Adults With Disability. PCP 2020; 8 (3) :217-232
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1- Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. , h_chizzari1988@yahoo.ca
2- Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
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Background: The Health and well-being of older Canadian adults have been extensively studied; however, less is known about the health and well-being of older Canadian adults with a disability.
Objective: This study was done to determine if participation in leisure and social activities has a significant independent effect on the overall health and life satisfaction of older Canadian adults with a disability.
Methods: A secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from the 2006 Participation and Activity Limitation Surveys (PALS) was performed. Respondents were those who reported disability and were at least 65 years of age at the time of the PALS 2006 (n=7,500, representing 1,755,870 Canadians). “Participation in social and leisure activities” was measured based on four types of activities outside the home in 12 months prior to the survey. The single-item measure of self-rated health was used to measure overall health. Life satisfaction was measures based on five items. Weighted data were used to describe the target population. Two sets of multivariate logistic regressions were conducted based on data for the total sample, and separately for men and women using bootstrapped weights.
Results: A significant independent effect of participation in leisure and social activities on the general health and life satisfaction of older Canadians with a disability, for both men and women, was confirmed.
Conclusion: Participation in leisure and social activities is a potential venue to enhance the health and well-being of older Canadian adults with a disability.
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● About 55% of older Canadians with disabilities had low levels of social participation.
● Social participation of older Canadians with disabilities decreased with increasing age.
● Around 40% of the target population had unmet needs for leisure and social activities.
● Social participation was a significant predictor of overall health.
● Social participation was a significant predictor of life satisfaction.
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This study was conducted to learn more about the health and well-being of older Canadian adults with disabilities. In particular, we were interested in studying whether participation in leisure and social activities affects the overall health and life satisfaction of older Canadians with disabilities. We analyzed data for 7500 older Canadians who reported having a disability and participated in the Participation and Activity Limitation Survey, a national survey conducted by Statistics Canada in 2006. Questions on the survey asked people if they had participated in four types of social and leisure activities outside their homes in the past 12 months. Besides, people who participated in the survey were asked about their overall health and life satisfaction. We analyzed the data and found that about 55% of older Canadians with disabilities had low social participation levels. We also found that the social participation of older Canadians with disabilities decreased with age. A significant percentage of older Canadians with disabilities reported unmet needs for leisure and social activities. Older Canadians with disabilities, both men and women, who had higher levels of social participation were more likely to report better overall health and be satisfied with their lives than those with lower levels of social participation.
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Analytical approach Received: 2019/12/6 | Accepted: 2020/03/3 | Published: 2020/07/1