Association Between Lifestyle Factors and Mental Health Measures Among Community-Dwelling Older Women

Abstract

The results of this study are consistent with the hypothesis that depression is directly associated with heavy smoking and inversely associated with physical activity. They also support the idea that non-harmful alcohol consumption is associated with better cognitive performance. Randomised clinical trials should be now designed to clarify whether management of lifestyle factors reduces the incidence of mood disorders and cognitive impairment in later life.

The association of depression and anxiety with unhealthy lifestyle among United Arab Emirates adults

“…Our study reveals several interesting findings in this regard. Firstly, people with anxiety were significantly either smoker or ex-smoker, which is consistent with the results of recent research which showed similar results (Cassidy et al 2006). Secondly, people with depression or anxiety are more likely than those without these diagnoses to be obese or overweight.…”

Associação entre atividade física e qualidade de vida em adultos

“…Specifi c questionnaires were developed for some studies but their psychometric properties were not reported. 7,17,28,36 The SF-36 was the most commonly used QoL questionnaire, which corroborates previous reports in the literature. 14 This can be attributed to longer experience using SF-36 since its was developed in the early 1990s 50 while the WHOQOL was developed in the late 1990s.…”

Intake of B vitamins in childhood and adult life in relation to psychological distress among women in a British birth cohort

“…The lack of evidence reported here for an association between childhood or adulthood folate intake and psychological distress in women at age 53 is consistent with some other studies of the general population, where folate deficiency was not found to be related to depression in women or men in the community (3,4,44,45) . However, other research has suggested that folate may be related to severe depression (46,47) .…”