Engagement in Meaningful Activities Among Older Adults With Disability, Dementia, and Depression

Anna Oh; Siqi Gan; W John Boscardin; Theresa A Allison; Deborah E Barnes; Kenneth E Covinsky; Alexander K Smith

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7492

Engagement in Meaningful Activities Among Older Adults With Disability, Dementia, and Depression

JAMA Intern Med. 2021 Apr 1;181(4):560-562. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.7492.

Authors

Anna Oh^{1

2}, Siqi Gan^{1

2}, W John Boscardin^{1

2

3}, Theresa A Allison^{1

2}, Deborah E Barnes^{1

3

4}, Kenneth E Covinsky^{1

2}, Alexander K Smith^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ San Francisco VA Health Care System, San Francisco, California.
² Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
³ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, San Francisco.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study examines the association between disability, dementia, and depression and engagement in meaningful activities in community-dwelling older adults.

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dementia / psychology*
Depression / psychology*
Disabled Persons / psychology*
Disabled Persons / statistics & numerical data
Female
Humans
Male
Recreation*

Abstract

MeSH terms

Grants and funding