Association between visual status and social participation in older Japanese: The JAGES cross-sectional study

Yuto Yoshida, Yoshimune Hiratsuka, Ichiro Kawachi, Akira Murakami, Katsunori Kondo and Jun Aida

Social Science & Medicine, 2020, vol. 253, issue C

Abstract: Population aging in Japan has been accompanied by increases in those with visual impairment. No previous study has examined whether visual impairment is associated with reduced social participation in older people in Japan.

Keywords: Japan; Social participation; Visual status; Visual impairment; Older adults; Social capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.112959

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