“…(Takagi, Kondo, & Kawachi, 2013;Unger, McAvay, Bruce, Berkman, & Seeman, 1999;Willie-Tyndale et al, 2016) Physical and mental health have been related to higher social participation, which is an important factor to prevent frailty and disability in elderly people. (Holt-Lunstad, Smith, & Layton, 2010;Loyola, Camillo, Torres, & Probst, 2017) Social participation is defined as the inclusion and formal or informal participation of the elderly in social activities with friends, family and community, including religious, social, political, sport and cultural encounters. (Loyola et al, 2017;Willie-Tyndale et al, 2016) The interest of studying the effects of social participation has increased substantially (Loyola et al, 2017;Richard, Gauvin, Gosselin, & Laforest, 2009;Van Brakel et al, 2006), since the social participation increase the physical activity levels and the social interaction, improving the mental and physical disability, reducing the depression symptoms and the risk of mortality.…”