Watching sports and happiness among older adults in Japan: The JAGES cohort study
Watching sports on-site, particularly a few times a year, was associated with higher happiness levels among older adults. These findings highlight the importance of developing targeted interventions that promote older adults' access to live sports events as a public health strategy.
Authors
- Kazushige Ide (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9933-354X)
- Kenjiro Kawaguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1327-5022)
- Satoru Kanamori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8707-471X)
- Taishi Tsuji
- Katsunori Kondo
Institutions
- University of Tsukuba (JP)
- Tokyo Medical University (JP)
- Chiba University (JP)
- Institute for Health Economics and Policy (JP)
- Teikyo University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-04-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0320213
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 8.40
Funders
- Japan Health Promotion and Fitness Foundation
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
- Tokyo Medical and Dental University
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Research Institute of Science and Technology for Society
- Program on Open Innovation Platform with Enterprises, Research Institute and Academia