ArticleFrontiers in aging neuroscience2021
Cognitive Function Changes in Older People. Results of Second Wave of Cognition of Older People, Education, Recreational Activities, NutritIon, Comorbidities, fUnctional Capacity Studies (COPERNICUS).
Article in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- The use of screening tests in panel studies to monitor cognitive functioning in senior participation programme groups using ACE-III and M-ACE.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Changes in fish and coffee intake and pain intensity in older adults: longitudinal results from the COPERNICUS study.QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians · 2026Observational
- Physical activity, home and leisure activities, and neuropsychological performance in middle-aged and older adults living in the community.Health psychology report · 2026Article
- A network analysis of changing pain cooccurrence in older adults findings from the second wave of the COPERNICUS study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Associations of varicose veins with cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease pathologies in adults without dementia: the CABLE study.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Association between varicose veins and occurrence of dementia: A nationwide population-based cohort study.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Prospective association of occupational and leisure-time physical activity with orthostatic blood pressure changes in older adults.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Exploring the Associations between Functional Capacity, Cognitive Function and Well-Being in Older Adults.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Influence of Social Adversity on Perceived Health Status and Depressive Symptoms among Portuguese Older People.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundCognitive reserve explains why subjects with more years of education, professional achievement, or participation in recreational activities show less cognitive decline with aging. We hypothesize that levels of recreational travel, education, occupation, systemic health, physical performance, and current cognitive activity levels affect the trajectory of cognitive function in older, healthy people in Poland. MATERIALS AND
methodsHealthy, older people (
resultsThe MMSE result significantly decreased over 2 years. No significant decrease in other cognitive tests was noted. However, the trajectory of cognitive tests results varied between individual participants. Percentage of variance of change was explained by the following predictors: 21 in MMSE, 24 in MoCA, 8 in DR, 25 in VF, and 24 in TMT B. Age and the presence of varicose veins were significantly linked to negative changes in MMSE and MoCA scores, while working in a professional occupational status associated with a higher score. The subgroup with varicose veins did worse on the Delayed Recall subtest of MoCA.
conclusionCognitive reserve could be extended by proxies of reserve that are related to systemic health and travel activity. The latter is a combination of social, physical, and cognitive activity and potentially might serve as an intervention to improve cognitive function in older people. However, due to the limitations of this study, results should be interpreted with caution and needs to be replicated in the further studies.
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