中年成年人的身体活动和认知功能:PATH通过生活研究的横截面分析
Clare Quinlan1,2,3, Ben Rattray1,2,4, Disa Pryor2
1UC Research Institute for Sport and Exercise, University of Canberra, Canberra, ACT, Australia.
Frontiers in psychology
|September 11, 2023
概括
无论是客观测量还是自我报告,身体活动与中年成年人的认知功能没有关联. 需要对客观措施进行进一步的研究,以了解中年行为和认知变化.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 老年学是一门学科.
背景情况:
- 认知功能对于保持衰老中的独立性至关重要.
- 身体活动通常被认为是对认知有好处的,但中年人的证据需要进一步调查.
- 了解身体活动和认知之间的关系对于公共卫生战略至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查客观测量和自我报告的各种强度的体育活动与中年成年人的认知表现之间的独立关联.
- 为了确定不同强度的身体活动 (轻度,中度,强度) 是否会影响认知功能.
- 通过客观 (SenseWear腕带) 和主观 (身体活动回忆调查) 测量身体活动来探索这种关系.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及156名中年成人 (平均年龄为40.6岁) 的横截面研究.
- 在七天的时间里,使用SenseWear腕带 (目标) 和身体活动回忆调查 (自我报告) 评估了身体活动.
- 用符号数字模式测试,数字跨度向后和即时/延迟回忆任务来评估认知表现,分析对年龄,性别和教育进行控制.
主要成果:
- 在所有强度级别 (轻度,中度,强度或中度至强度组合) 中,在客观测量或自我报告的身体活动和认知功能之间没有发现显著的关联.
- 敏感性分析,包括BMI和高血压等额外的调节器,以及复合认知测量方法的使用,并没有改变这些发现.
- 结果表明,在这个特定的受过良好教育,健康的中年成年人群中,缺乏关系.
结论:
- 客观测量和自我报告的体育活动似乎与中年成年人这一群体的认知功能无关.
- 建议使用客观体育活动测量的纵向研究,以更好地了解中年行为对认知轨迹的影响.
- 未来的研究应该考虑长期影响和多样化的群体,以澄清身体活动与认知的联系.
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