Relationship between education, leisure activities and cognitive performance in persons in old-age pension

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Relationship between education, leisure activities and cognitive performance in persons in old-age pension

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

It is known that the level of education is related to cognitive performance in some neuropsy-chological tests. Similarly, the type of profession and leisure activities, especially these more intellectually demanding, are included in the concept of cognitive reserve (CR). On the other hand, lower education is considered as one of the risk factors for the development of cogni-tive impairment in older age. The aim of this study is to examine whether the number and type of regularly performed leisure activities predict cognitive performance in older adults. The study comprised 324 healthy older adults aged between 60 and 74 years (M = 68.06 years, SD = 3.08) without serious neurological or psychiatric illnesses who are at least 2 years retired and not employed. Three composite scores (CS) were created based on the administered methods: CS Memory – Story, Boston Naming Test-15; CS Verbal – Rey Audito-ry Verbal Learning Test (Trial 1), Prague Stroop Test (Dots, Words, Colors), Verbal Fluency – Animals; CS Visuo-graphomotor – Trail Making Test (part A and B), Digit Symbol Substitution Test. Threshold of 75th percentile was set to identify better cognitive performance in each composite score. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to examine whether level of education, type of profession and leisure activities predict better cognitive performance in cognitive domain (i.e. performance above the 75th percentile). Performance in Verbal and Visuo-graphomotor CSs are significantly associated with age (r = -0.21 – -0.22; p &lt; 0.001/3), performance in all three CS is significantly associated with the level of education (eta^2 = 0.08 – 0.11; p &lt; 0.001/3), type of profession (eta^2 = 0.05 – 0.11; p &lt; 0.001/3), and number of regularly performed leisure activities performed in past (r = 0.17 – 0.33; all ps &lt; 0.01/3) and in current (r = 0.23 – 0.32; p &lt; 0.001/3). The level of edu-cation, type of profession, and the number of leisure activities (past and current) separately predict performance above 75th percentile. When adding the number of leisure activities, the influence of education disappears, thus leisure activities mediates the effect of education on performance in the CS. Computer use, reading books, crosswords seem to have the greatest impact on better cognitive performance in older age, especially on Verbal and Visuo-graphomotor cognitive domain. Based on the results, we can assume that leisure ac-tivities, especially these intellectually demanding, may have a positive impact on cognitive performance in older adults, moreover, activities have the potential to mitigate the negative impact of lower education.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Relationship between education, leisure activities and cognitive performance in persons in old-age pension

Popis výsledku anglicky

It is known that the level of education is related to cognitive performance in some neuropsy-chological tests. Similarly, the type of profession and leisure activities, especially these more intellectually demanding, are included in the concept of cognitive reserve (CR). On the other hand, lower education is considered as one of the risk factors for the development of cogni-tive impairment in older age. The aim of this study is to examine whether the number and type of regularly performed leisure activities predict cognitive performance in older adults. The study comprised 324 healthy older adults aged between 60 and 74 years (M = 68.06 years, SD = 3.08) without serious neurological or psychiatric illnesses who are at least 2 years retired and not employed. Three composite scores (CS) were created based on the administered methods: CS Memory – Story, Boston Naming Test-15; CS Verbal – Rey Audito-ry Verbal Learning Test (Trial 1), Prague Stroop Test (Dots, Words, Colors), Verbal Fluency – Animals; CS Visuo-graphomotor – Trail Making Test (part A and B), Digit Symbol Substitution Test. Threshold of 75th percentile was set to identify better cognitive performance in each composite score. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to examine whether level of education, type of profession and leisure activities predict better cognitive performance in cognitive domain (i.e. performance above the 75th percentile). Performance in Verbal and Visuo-graphomotor CSs are significantly associated with age (r = -0.21 – -0.22; p &lt; 0.001/3), performance in all three CS is significantly associated with the level of education (eta^2 = 0.08 – 0.11; p &lt; 0.001/3), type of profession (eta^2 = 0.05 – 0.11; p &lt; 0.001/3), and number of regularly performed leisure activities performed in past (r = 0.17 – 0.33; all ps &lt; 0.01/3) and in current (r = 0.23 – 0.32; p &lt; 0.001/3). The level of edu-cation, type of profession, and the number of leisure activities (past and current) separately predict performance above 75th percentile. When adding the number of leisure activities, the influence of education disappears, thus leisure activities mediates the effect of education on performance in the CS. Computer use, reading books, crosswords seem to have the greatest impact on better cognitive performance in older age, especially on Verbal and Visuo-graphomotor cognitive domain. Based on the results, we can assume that leisure ac-tivities, especially these intellectually demanding, may have a positive impact on cognitive performance in older adults, moreover, activities have the potential to mitigate the negative impact of lower education.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50103 - Cognitive sciences

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA17-14829S" target="_blank" >GA17-14829S: Vliv urbanizace na kognitivní výkon u starších osob</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2018

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Stárnutí Ageing 2018: Proceedings of 4th Gerontological Interdisciplinary Conference

ISBN

978-80-87878-36-1

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

44-55

Název nakladatele

Univerzita Karlova. 3. lékařská fakulta

Místo vydání

Praha

Místo konání akce

Praha

Datum konání akce

19. 10. 2018

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

CST - Celostátní akce

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