dc.contributor.author | Løkken, Bente Irene | |
dc.contributor.author | Merom, Dafna | |
dc.contributor.author | Sund, Erik | |
dc.contributor.author | Krokstad, Steinar | |
dc.contributor.author | Rangul, Vegar | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-12-05T08:43:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-12-05T08:43:11Z | |
dc.date.created | 2021-06-21T09:29:20Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | PLOS ONE. 2021, 16 (3), . | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1932-6203 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3035771 | |
dc.description.abstract | Participation in cultural activities may protect against cause-specific mortality; however, there is limited knowledge regarding this association. The present study examines the association between participation in a range of receptive and creative cultural activities and risk of cardiovascular disease- and cancer-related mortality. We also examined whether participation in such activities and influence by gender have on this association. We followed 35,902 participants of the Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT3) of Cardiovascular-Disease and Cancer Mortality from 2006–08 to 2016. Cox proportional-hazards regression was used to estimate the risk of specific mortality based on baseline cultural participation. During the eight-year follow-up, there were 563 cardiovascular-disease- and 752 cancer-related deaths among the sample (292,416 person years). Risk of cardiovascular-disease mortality was higher among non-participants in associations/club meetings (22%) and outdoor activities (23%), respectively, as well as non-attendees of art exhibitions (28%). People who engaged in music, singing, and theatre had a 27% reduced risk of cancer-related mortality when compared to non-participants. Among women, participating in associations/club meetings reduced the risk of cardiovascular-disease mortality by 36%. Men who participated in music, singing, and theatre had a 33% reduced risk of cancer mortality. Overall, a reduced risk of cardiovascular-disease mortality was associated with engaging in creative activities on weekly basis to less than twice per week. For both genders, participating in creative activities less than once a week reduced cardiovascular-disease mortality risk by 40% and 33%, respectively. For the overall sample, participating > 2 times per week in combined receptive and creative activities reduced cancer-related mortality by 29%. Participating frequently in both receptive and creative activities cultural activities was associated with lower risks of CVD and cancer-related mortality. Our data suggest that, to counteract the public health burden of cardiovascular disease- and cancer mortality, policies and initiatives to increase citizens’ participation in cultural activities should be considered. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | PLOS, Public Library of Science | en_US |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Association of engagement in cultural activities with cause-specific mortality determined through an eight-year follow up: The HUNT Study, Norway | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Association of engagement in cultural activities with cause-specific mortality determined through an eight-year follow up: The HUNT Study, Norway | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.source.pagenumber | 18 | en_US |
dc.source.volume | 16 | en_US |
dc.source.journal | PLOS ONE | en_US |
dc.source.issue | 3 | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pone.0248332 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1917135 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |