Physical Activity and Memory Complaints in Middle-Age Americans

Lee, Pai-Lin; Hsiao, Ching-Hsiang; Wang, Chiao-Li

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“…A subsample of MIDUS participants from the Greater Boston area were examined longitudinally and this work showed that protective factors, such as control beliefs, social support, and physical exercise, were beneficial for maintaining cognitive functioning over time (Agrigoroaei & Lachman, 2011). Two studies with MIDUS examined self-ratings of memory in relation to self-reports of physical activity, cognitive activities (e.g., reading books), and self-ratings of health (Lee, 2014; Lee, Hsiao, & Wang, 2013), but not in relation to actual performance.…”

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Awareness of Memory Ability and Change: (In)Accuracy of Memory Self-Assessments in Relation to Performance

2015

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Little is known about subjective assessments of memory abilities and decline among middle-aged adults or their association with objective memory performance in the general population. In this study we examined self-ratings of memory ability and change in relation to episodic memory performance in two national samples of middle-aged and older adults from the Midlife in the United States study (MIDUS II in 2005-06) and the Health and Retirement Study (HRS; every two years from 2002 to 2012). MIDUS (Study 1) participants (N=3,581) rated their memory compared to others their age and to themselves five years ago; HRS (Study 2) participants (N=14,821) rated their current memory and their memory compared to two years ago, with up to six occasions of longitudinal data over ten years. In both studies, episodic memory performance was the total number of words recalled in immediate and delayed conditions. When controlling for demographic and health correlates, self-ratings of memory abilities, but not subjective change, were related to performance. We examined accuracy by comparing subjective and objective memory ability and change. More than one third of the participants across the studies had self-assessments that were inaccurate relative to their actual level of performance and change, and accuracy differed as a function of demographic and health factors. Further understanding of self-awareness of memory abilities and change beginning in midlife may be useful for identifying early warning signs of decline, with implications regarding policies and practice for early detection and treatment of cognitive impairment.

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Awareness of Memory Ability and Change: (In)Accuracy of Memory Self-Assessments in Relation to Performance

2015

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“…Similarly, among school-aged adolescents, PA level was independently associated with psychological HCs, where the average psychological HCs score increased when moving from the high to low PA categories [75]. Likewise, for middle age and older adults, after controlling for covariates, subjective memory complaints were strongly related to PA, where participants with more PA had lower frequency of memory complaints [76,77]. In agreement, in China, among women aged 20-40 years, PA was related to reduced fatigue and nervousness [78]; and in Germany, a longitudinal inquiry of the development of PA, physical fitness, and subjective physical complaints found that high initial levels of PA and fitness protected against high subjective physical complaints, and that an increase of fitness resulted in a decrease of subjective physical complaints [79].…”

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confidence: 89%

“…In agreement, in China, among women aged 20-40 years, PA was related to reduced fatigue and nervousness [78]; and in Germany, a longitudinal inquiry of the development of PA, physical fitness, and subjective physical complaints found that high initial levels of PA and fitness protected against high subjective physical complaints, and that an increase of fitness resulted in a decrease of subjective physical complaints [79]. Similarly, among middle-aged Americans, moderate levels of household PA and leisure-time PA were significantly oppositely linked to subjective memory complaints [76].…”

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Is Achieving the Guidelines of Four Forms of Physical Activity Associated with Less Self-Reported Health Complaints? Cross-Sectional Study of Undergraduates at the University of Turku, Finland

Ansari

Salam

2020

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Very little research has assessed the physical activity (PA) of university students in in Finland, and their associations with self-reported health complaints (HCs), whilst simultaneously accounting for a range of other potential confounders. Students at the University of Turku (1177) completed an online health and wellbeing questionnaire that assessed 22 physical and somatic HCs, and students’ achievement of the international guidelines of four forms of PA (moderate, vigorous, moderate-to-vigorous and muscle strengthening PA; MPA, VPA, MVPA, MSPA respectively). We also explored the associations between HCs and PA, controlling for sociodemographic and health confounders (age, sex, year of study, marital status, accommodation during semesters, health awareness). Factor analysis reduced the HCs into three factors (psychological, pains/aches, circulatory/breathing). Bivariate relationships (no controlling for confounders) between these 3 factors and four forms of PA guideline achievement showed significant effects of achieving the PA guidelines against various groups of HCs, where more strenuous PA was associated with significantly less HCs in a step-ladder pattern. Multiple regression analyses (controlling for confounders) showed that achievement of PA guidelines was significantly independently associated with self-reported HCs scores in most cases. Psychological HCs were negatively associated with achieving any type of PA; pains/aches were negatively associated with achieving two types of PA or with achieving MSPA guidelines; and circulatory/breathing HCs were negatively associated with achieving the VPA guidelines only. This is the first study in Finland to examine such relationships, and highlights the critical role of PA for the health of these young adults. Programs and policies to strengthen and improve the PA of university students would be beneficial, recognizing the benefits of instilling life-long PA habits among this group of young adults.

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“…Turning to yet another lifestyle variable, Lee et al (2013) analyzed the relation between physical activity in household, work, and leisure and SCC in middle-aged Americans. They found moderate household-related physical activity being associated with increased SCC, while moderate levels of leisuretime related physical activity were associated with less SCC.…”

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“…We explicitly aimed at a middle-aged sample. Studies have examined the relation between SCC and lifestyle-variables in middle-age, however, not with a comparable plethora of variables and not with a German representative sample (Paradise et al, 2011;Lee et al, 2013). In order to better understand what SCC reflect, we consider it important to also focus on middle age, especially because studies exist that show that lifestyle in middle adulthood does effect cognitive aging in old age.…”

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Lifestyle Variables Do Not Predict Subjective Memory Performance Over and Above Depression and Anxiety

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The diagnostic value of subjective cognitive complaints for cognitive functioning in a clinical setting remains unresolved today. However, consensus exists on the relation between subjective cognitive complaints (SCC) and mood variables such as anxiety and depression. Hence, SCC have also been discussed as potential proxies of psychopathology rather than representing cognitive functioning. In order to shed more light on yet still unexplained variance in subjective cognitive complaints, the relation between lifestyle variables (such as nutrition habits, exercise, alcohol consumption, smoking, quality of sleep, and Body Mass Index) and subjective complaints of selective attention as well as subjective memory performance were assessed, additionally to the influence of objective memory performance, measures of anxiety, and depression. A sample of 877 (554 women) healthy, middle-aged individuals (51 years on average, age range 35-65) was assessed in the present study. In a logistic regression framework results revealed that the effect of lifestyle variables on subjective complaints of selective attention as well as subjective memory performance was rendered non-significant. Instead, subjective complaints of selective attention and subjective memory performance were significantly determined by measures of both, anxiety and depression. One unit increase in anxiety or depression led to an increase of 6 or 15% in subjective memory performance complaints, respectively. For subjective complaints of selective attention, a one unit increase in anxiety or depression led to an increase of 11 or 26%, respectively. The strong relation between SCC and measures of depression and anxiety corroborates the notion of SCC being indicative of mental health and general well-being.

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Physical Activity and Memory Complaints in Middle-Age Americans

Cited by 8 publications

References 34 publications

Awareness of Memory Ability and Change: (In)Accuracy of Memory Self-Assessments in Relation to Performance

Awareness of Memory Ability and Change: (In)Accuracy of Memory Self-Assessments in Relation to Performance

Is Achieving the Guidelines of Four Forms of Physical Activity Associated with Less Self-Reported Health Complaints? Cross-Sectional Study of Undergraduates at the University of Turku, Finland

Lifestyle Variables Do Not Predict Subjective Memory Performance Over and Above Depression and Anxiety

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