Competing factor models of cognition of healthy older adults: Support for SuperAgers identification

Heissler, Radek; Georgi, Hana; Kožený, Jiří; Kopeček, Miloslav

doi:10.51561/cspsych.67.1.30

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“…So far, little is known about the predominant lifestyle of SA. Our previous study showed differences in the number of cognitive leisure activities between SA and non-SuperAgers (nonSA) (Heissler et al, 2021). We also found non-significant differences in the number of physical activities (PA) between SA and nonSA, although SA considered PA less tiresome.…”

Section: Lifestyle and Samentioning

confidence: 65%

“…Previous Czech studies used the Philadelphia Verbal Learning Test as a measure of episodic memory delayed recall and previous estimates of normative values for BNT-30 (Červenková et al, 2020;Heissler et al, 2021;Kopeček et al, 2023;Ticha et al, 2023). The BNT-30 norms published in 2022 showed a significant effect of age, education, and gender.…”

Section: Cognitive Tests In Superaging Definitionmentioning

confidence: 97%

“…However, the study did not render data to distinguish sedentary or physically active lifestyle. While the sample was not random, it was stratified and it is considered representative of the general Czech population of the age-band (Heissler et al, 2021;Štěpánková, Nikolai, et al, 2015). Lifestyle is now commonly understood as the everyday behaviour and activities of individuals in terms of work, activities, entertainment and eating.…”

Section: Lifestyle and Samentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mental leisure activities of various types were assessed with an adapted version of the COBRA leisure activity questionnaire (Nevalainen et al, 2015), the adaptation is based on previous experience with it and contains only the most relevant types of activities (Heissler et al, 2021), and with RETROS (see above) over the life-course.…”

Section: Other Lifestyle Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cognitive SuperAging in Physically Active Women (COSACTIW): Study Protocol and data from the NANOK

Georgi,

Schneiderová,

Mana

et al. 2024

E-psychologie

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Exceptional cognitive aging, or superaging is a recent area of research. SuperAgers are defined as persons aged at least 80 years who have youthful episodic memory. Studies are scarce and very little is known about their lifestyle and leisure activities including their engagement in physical activity, which is otherwise known to be associated with better health. The project aims to identify associations between a lifelong physically active lifestyle, objective fitness and cognitive superaging in old-old women. COSACTIW is a cross-sectional ex-post-facto study. Herewith, we present its protocol. There were 225 women aged 80-96 years tested who reported that their engagement in physical activity between the ages of 30 to 60 years was at least on the level recommended for adults by the World Health Organization, i.e. at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity per week. Episodic memory was tested with Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test, non-memory tests were Trail Making Test, Verbal fluencyanimals, and Boston Naming Test -30 item version. Several questionnaires were used to map previous and current leisure activities. Objective data were obtained with the Senior Fitness Test. We also present benchmark data from a previous Czech study of cognitively normal older persons, NANOK, to whom we will compare our sample. Specifically, we are going to use a subsample of 70 women, aged 80-94 years, who were selected from the NANOK sample using the same inclusion criteria as in COSACTIW. There were 23 (32.9%) SuperAgers among them. Our findings may offer insights into preventive strategies for successful aging and cognitive resilience.

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Section: Lifestyle and Samentioning

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Section: Cognitive Tests In Superaging Definitionmentioning

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Section: Lifestyle and Samentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Other Lifestyle Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Cognitive SuperAging in Physically Active Women (COSACTIW): Study Protocol and data from the NANOK

Georgi,

Schneiderová,

Mana

et al. 2024

E-psychologie

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“…GAI-SF is a useful screening measure for identifying anxiety in older adults (Johnco et al, 2015). Both GDS-15 and GAI-SF are used in Czech clinical practice and research; Czech norms are available (Heissler et al, 2018(Heissler et al, , 2020.…”

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confidence: 99%

Ageing 2023: Proceedings of 6th Gerontological Interdisciplinary Conference

2023

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Unveiling the Social Life of SuperAgers: A Narrative Review of Social Profiles of Exceptional Cognitive Aging

Trnka,

Schneiderova,

Vojtechova

et al. 2024

Sage Open

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SuperAging deserves special attention from researchers in the field of the psychology of aging, because it denotes the preservation of multiple cognitive abilities in very old age. Currently, very little is known about lifestyle factors that could be related to SuperAging. The main goal of the present narrative review was to bring together available evidence involving social factors related to SuperAging and to target avenues for future research. The review summarizes the findings of studies published between 2005 and 2022. Low social participation in midlife age and high social participation in older age were found to be related to SuperAging. In contrast, social network size and diversity did not differ between SuperAgers and cognitively normal older adults. The synthesis of the results indicates that having positive, close, high-quality relationships and a high frequency of social contact may be considered to be hypothetical predictors of superior cognitive performance in later life.

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Competing factor models of cognition of healthy older adults: Support for SuperAgers identification

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Cognitive SuperAging in Physically Active Women (COSACTIW): Study Protocol and data from the NANOK

Cognitive SuperAging in Physically Active Women (COSACTIW): Study Protocol and data from the NANOK

Ageing 2023: Proceedings of 6th Gerontological Interdisciplinary Conference

Unveiling the Social Life of SuperAgers: A Narrative Review of Social Profiles of Exceptional Cognitive Aging

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