title: The Association Between Lifestyle Activities and Late-Life Depressive Symptoms.
abstract: The association between lifestyle activities and incident depressive symptoms was examined within the Women's Health and Aging Study II. Measures of activity and depressive symptoms were collected on four occasions, spanning six-years. Discrete-time Cox proportional hazards models were employed to examine the effects of baseline activity on depressive symptoms over time. Overall, activity was not associated with incident depressive symptoms. When specific activity domains were examined, greater participation in creative activities was associated with a reduced risk of depressive symptoms (hazard ratio = 0.92; CI 95% 0.87, 0.98). Further longitudinal research between diverse activities and incident depressive symptoms is warranted.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Jeanine M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Parisi
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Adam P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Spira
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Qian-Li
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Xue
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Marin L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Rieger
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: George W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Rebok
authors.affiliation: Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health, Baltimore, MD.
authors.forename: Michelle C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Carlson
keywords: activities; aging; creativity; depressive symptoms; engagement; older adults; survival analysis