Attending cultural events and cancer mortality: A Swedish cohort study

Autor: Benson B. Konlaan Konlaan, Anna V. Wilkinson, Sven-Erik Johansson, Andrej M Grjibovski, Lars Olov Bygren, Michael Sjöström
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Arts & Health. 1:64-73
ISSN: 1753-3023
1753-3015
DOI: 10.1080/17533010802528058
Popis: Attendance at cultural events is associated with better survival and self-rated health. This study aimed to determine whether attendance at cinemas, theater, art galleries, live music shows, and museums was associated with cancer-related mortality. A randomly selected, cancer-free cohort of Swedish adults aged 25–74 years (n = 9011), formed in 1990–91, was followed up to 31 December 2003. The outcome measure was cancer-related mortality. The main independent variable was a cultural attendance index. A proportional hazards analysis adjusted for age, sex, chronic conditions, disposable income, educational attainment, smoking status, leisure time physical activity, and urban/non-urban residency was conducted. Rare and moderate attendees were 3.23 (95% CI: 1.60–6.52) and 2.92 (95% CI: 1.52–5.62) times, respectively, more likely to die of cancer during the follow-up period than frequent attendees. The effect was observed only among residents of urban areas. The results, if replicated, imply that promoting atte...
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