DAILY PHYSICAL HEALTH

HYPERTENSION

COGNITIVE HEALTH

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HOW OLDER ADULTS' HEALTH CORRESPONDS WITH THEIR ARTS PARTICIPATION

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2002-2014

2014

REPORTED HEALTH OUTCOMES OVER TIME

Older adults who neither created art nor attended art programs in 2014 experienced the sharpest declines in cognitive functioning.

Percent Decline in Cognitive Score

-20.19%

Both Creating and Attending Art

-57.39%

Creating Art Only

-28.54%

Attending Art Only

-84.09%

Neither Creating nor Attending Art

REPORTED HEALTH OUTCOMES IN 2014

Older adults who both created art and attended art programs in 2014—or who only attended art programs—reported substantially higher cognitive functioning than those who neither created art nor attended art programs.

Relative Increases in Cognitive Functioning

Compared with older adults who neither created nor attended art:

7.8x

Both Creating and Attending Art

2.5x

Creating Art Only

6.3x

Attending Art Only

REPORTED HEALTH OUTCOMES OVER TIME

Older adults who both created art and attended art programs in 2014—or who only attended art programs—experienced the lowest rates of hypertension growth over time.

Percent Growth in Hypertension

+15.46%

Both Creating and Attending Art

+20.88%

Creating Art Only

+15.05%

Attending Art Only

+21.14%

Neither Creating nor Attending Art

REPORTED HEALTH OUTCOMES IN 2014

Older adults who both created art and attended art programs in 2014—or who only attended art programs—reported the lowest rates of hypertension.

Percent Reporting Hypertension

56.42%

Both Creating and Attending Art

70.86%

Creating Art Only

58.39%

Attending Art Only

69.56%

Neither Creating nor Attending Art

REPORTED HEALTH OUTCOMES OVER TIME

Older adults who both created art and attended art programs in 2014—or who did either activity by itself—experienced the lowest rates of growth in limitations to daily physical functioning over time.

Percent Growth in Daily Physical Limitations

+6.28%

Both Creating and Attending Art

+5.17%

Creating Art Only

+7.66%

Attending Art Only

+15.91%

Neither Creating nor Attending Art

REPORTED HEALTH OUTCOMES IN 2014

Older adults who both created art and attended art programs in 2014—or who only attended art programs—reported the lowest rates of limitations in daily physical functioning.

Percent Reporting Daily Physical Limitations

22.34%

Both Creating and Attending Art

38.21%

Creating Art Only

29.88%

Attending Art Only

45.84%

Neither Creating nor Attending Art