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Trial reportPsychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society2016

Subjective memory impairment and well-being in community-dwelling older adults.

Krystle E Zuniga, Michael J Mackenzie, Arthur Kramer, Edward McAuley

Open access · greenAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 56 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Krystle E ZunigaSchool of Family and Consumer Sciences, Nutrition and Foods Program, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas, USA.
Michael J MackenzieDepartment of Behavioral Health and Nutrition, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, USA.
Arthur KramerDepartment of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
Edward McAuleyBeckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · USTexas State University · USUniversity of Delaware · US

Funding

Influence of Fitness on Brain and CognitionR37AG025667 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI KRAMER, ARTHUR F. · 2005 to 2014
$5.1M
Activity Gait and Efficacy (AGE) in Order WomenR01AG020118 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI MCAULEY, EDWARD · 2002 to 2013
$2.7M
Activity, Gait, and Efficacy (AGE II): Functional Limtations and Quality of LifeR56AG020118 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI MCAULEY, EDWARD · 2009 to 2009
$498k
Influence of Fitness and Cognitive Training on Brain and CognitionR01AG025667 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN · PI MCAULEY, EDWARD · 2015 to 2015
$497k
NIA NIH HHS AG020118NIA NIH HHS AG025667NIA NIH HHS R01 AG020118NIA NIH HHS R01 AG025667NIA NIH HHS R37 AG025667NIA NIH HHS R56 AG020118
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe relationship between subjective memory impairment (SMI), future cognitive decline, and negative health status provides an opportunity for interventions to reduce memory complaints in high-risk groups. This study aimed to examine the relationship between SMI and indicators of well-being in older adults enrolled in an exercise trial. Additionally, the study examined whether two different modes of exercise training, aerobic walking and non-aerobic flexibility, toning, and balance, differentially influenced subjective memory across the trial.

methodsCommunity-dwelling older adults (n = 179, mean age = 66.4 years) were randomly assigned to a walking or flexibility, toning, and balance group for 12 months. Subjective memory, happiness, perceived stress, and symptom reporting were measured at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months.

resultsA main effect of subjective memory indicated that individuals with the fewest memory complaints had lower perceived stress (P < 0.001), lower physical symptom reporting (P < 0.001), and higher happiness levels (P < 0.001) across all measurement occasions. Both main and interaction effects of time and group on SMI were not significant, suggesting SMI remained stable across the intervention and was not significantly impacted by participation in exercise training.

conclusionsSMI was not responsive to exercise interventions, and the relationship between SMI and negative well-being demonstrates a need for interventions to reduce memory complaints in high-risk groups.

Indexed as

ExerciseAgedAged, 80 and overCognitive DysfunctionExercise TherapyFemaleGeriatric AssessmentHealth StatusHumansIllinoisMaleMemory DisordersPostural BalancePsychiatric Status Rating ScalesTreatment OutcomeWalkingexercisememory complaintssubjective memorywell-being

Identifiers

PMID25737426
PMCPMC4559489
OpenAlexW2146135356

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