Community activities and their association with social isolation in rural Japan

Isolation suggested to be to associated with frequent outings, subjective feelings of loneliness, and participation in community activities. Isolated individuals had less frequent outings, a high level of subjective feelings of loneliness, and did not participate in community activities. Community activities in which isolated individuals want to participate were suggested to have clear goals such as helping others and hobbies. Our findings suggest to be a promising targets for future interventional and evaluation studies.