ArticleJournal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS2012
Lifestyle activities and memory: variety may be the spice of life. The women's health and aging study II.
Article in Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07730671 (Evaluation of the Long-Term Cognitive, Biological, and Lifestyle Effects of a Multimodal Intervention for Preventing Cognitive Decline in APOE-ε4 Carriers With Subjective Cognitive Decline), which is not on this map. Cited by 78 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Evaluation of the Long-Term Cognitive, Biological, and Lifestyle Effects of a Multimodal Intervention for Preventing Cognitive Decline in APOE-ε4 Carriers With Subjective Cognitive Decline
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78 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 160 citations in OpenAlex.
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Abstract
This study examined whether participation in a variety of lifestyle activities was comparable to frequent participation in cognitively challenging activities in mitigating impairments in cognitive abilities susceptible to aging in healthy, community-dwelling older women. Frequencies of participation in various lifestyle activities on the Lifestyle Activities Questionnaire (LAQ) were divided according to high (e.g., reading), moderate (e.g., discussing politics), and low (e.g., watching television) cognitive demand. We also considered the utility of participation in a variety of lifestyle activities regardless of cognitive challenge. Immediate and delayed verbal recall, psychomotor speed, and executive function were each measured at baseline and at five successive exams, spanning a 9.5-year interval. Greater variety of participation in activities, regardless of cognitive challenge, was associated with an 8 to 11% reduction in the risk of impairment in verbal memory and global cognitive outcomes. Participation in a variety of lifestyle activities was more predictive than frequency or level of cognitive challenge for significant reductions in risk of incident impairment on measures sensitive to cognitive aging and risk for dementia. Our findings offer new perspectives in promoting a diverse repertoire of activities to mitigate age-related cognitive declines.
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