Patterns of Receptive and Creative Cultural Activities and their Association with Perceived Health, Anxiety, Depression and Aatisfaction with Life among Adults (the HUNT study, Norway)

Cultural participation has been used both in governmental health policies and as medical therapy, based on the assumption that cultural activities will improve health. Previous population studies and a human intervention study have shown that religious, social and cultural activities predict increased survival rate. The aim of this study was to analyze the association between cultural activity and perceived health, anxiety, depression and satisfaction with life in both genders.