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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Aerobic Fitness as an Important Moderator Risk Factor for Loneliness in Physically Trained Older People: An Explanatory Case Study Using Machine Learning.

Samuel Encarnação, Paula Vaz, Álvaro Fortunato, Pedro Forte, Cátia Vaz, António Miguel Monteiro

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Samuel EncarnaçãoDepartment of Sport Sciences, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB), 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal.
Paula VazResearch Centre in Basic Education (CIEB), Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB), 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-7678-6781
Álvaro FortunatoDepartment of Sport Sciences, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB), 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal.
Pedro ForteDepartment of Sport Sciences, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB), 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0184-6780
Cátia VazCI-ISCE, Higher Institute of Educational Sciences of the Douro (ISCE Douro), 4560-708 Penafiel, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-5771-7510
António Miguel MonteiroDepartment of Sport Sciences, Instituto Politécnico de Bragança (IPB), 5300-253 Bragança, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-4467-1722
Polytechnic Institute of Bragança · PTInstituto Superior de Ciências Educativas · PT

Funding

FCT-Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology UIDB/04045/2021
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLoneliness in older people seems to have emerged as an increasingly prevalent social problem.

objectiveTo apply a machine learning (ML) algorithm to the task of understanding the influence of sociodemographic variables, physical fitness, physical activity levels (PAL), and sedentary behavior (SB) on the loneliness feelings of physically trained older people. MATERIALS AND

methodsThe UCLA loneliness scale was used to evaluate loneliness, the Functional Fitness Test Battery was used to evaluate the correlation of sociodemographic variables, physical fitness, PAL, and SB in the loneliness feelings scores of 23 trained older people (19 women and 4 men). For this purpose, a naive Bayes ML algorithm was applied.

resultsAfter analysis, we inferred that aerobic fitness (AF), hand grip strength (HG), and upper limb strength (ULS) comprised the most relevant variables panel to cause high participant loneliness with 100% accuracy and F-1 score.

conclusionsThe naive Bayes algorithm with leave-one-out cross-validation (LOOCV) predicted loneliness in trained older with a high precision. In addition, AF was the most potent variable in reducing loneliness risk.

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agingartificial intelligencecardiorespiratory fitnessmental healthquality of lifewell-being

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PMID37374156
PMCPMC10304517
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