Rates of dementia-a disease that primarily affects older adults-are projected to increase from about 40 million people currently to 125 million by 2050. The number of older adults over the age of 65 is increasing globally, which is resulting in a range of challenges for healthcare systems and providers ( Lunenfeld, 2008 Christensen et al., 2009).
Those findings justify and encourage the development of new lifestyle health programs by health authorities and bring forward the new health system solution, social prescribing. Results: Two factors, moderate-intensity physical activity and learning activities, resulted in significant positive impact on cognitive function.Ĭonclusion: Our analysis brings cognitive benefit arguments in favor of two lifestyle activities, moderate-intensity physical activity and learning activities, while rejecting other factors advanced by the literature such as vigorous-intensity physical activity.
Changes in short-term memory scores were assessed over a multi-year interval for groups who undertook one of 11 different lifestyle activities, compared to control groups matched across confounding socioeconomic and lifestyle factors.
#Intensity art trial#
Method: Data from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging was analyzed using a quasi-experimental, efficient matched-pair design inspired by the clinical trial methodology. Objectives: Use existing, multi-year longitudinal health data to determine if engagement in a variety of different lifestyle activities can slow the rate of cognitive decline as older adults age. However, it is unclear which lifestyle changes in old age meaningfully reduce the rate of cognitive decline associated with aging. Without a treatment to slow the progression of dementia, many health policies are focusing on preventing dementia by slowing the rate of cognitive decline with age. Introduction: Rates of dementia are projected to increase over the coming years as global populations age.
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