Leisure Activities

There is a need for psychometrically sound measures of children's participation in recreation and leisure activities, for both… (More)

BACKGROUND There is accumulating evidence in the literature that leisure engagement has a beneficial effect on dementia. Most… (More)

Few population-based data exist that describe leisure-time physical activity among pregnant women. The purpose of this study was… (More)

BACKGROUND Participation in leisure activities has been associated with a lower risk of dementia. It is unclear whether increased… (More)

This study examined whether participation in leisure activities during early and middle adulthood was associated with reduced… (More)

Recent findings suggest that a rich social network may decrease the risk of developing dementia. The authors hypothesized that… (More)

OBJECTIVE To determine whether leisure activities modify the risk for incident dementia. BACKGROUND Although high educational… (More)

The goal of this study was to understand better how the structure and social context of adolescent leisure activities relates to… (More)

OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between social and leisure activities and risk of subsequent dementia in older community… (More)

Ten commonly used physical activity questionnaires were evaluated for reliability and validity in 78 men and women aged 20-59… (More)