Activity Engagement Across Stages of Cognitive Health
Cynthia Williams, Corinne Labyak, Andrea Arikawa, Anna Watermann, Wanyun Chou, Adewale James, Peter Holland, Mariana Dangiolo, Michal M. Masternak, Adam Golden, Shalini Jain, Hariom Yadav

TL;DR
This study explores how older adults with different levels of cognitive health engage in activities and finds that those with lower cognitive scores have more health issues and less activity engagement.
Contribution
The study identifies specific demographic and health patterns associated with lower cognitive scores and activity engagement in older adults.
Findings
Older adults with lower MoCA scores had higher rates of hypertension, osteoarthritis, and depression.
Participants with lower cognitive scores engaged less in meaningful activities.
Demographic and socioeconomic factors were significantly associated with lower cognitive scores.
Abstract
Objective: This study aims to examine activity engagement across stages of cognitive health among older adults. Methods: We used a cross-sectional study analysis of baseline data collected as part of the prospective Microbiome in Aging of Gut and Brain (MiaGB) longitudinal study; the study period was August 2022 to December 2023. Health history and activity engagement questionnaires and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) were used to examine the study objective. One-way ANOVA and chi-squared tests, with Bonferroni post hoc analyses, assessed group differences. Results: The weighted samples reflected 417 participants: 54% females, 70.7% White, with an average age of 72 (±8.7) years, 90% with at least high school education, and 75% self-reported medium income status. Results suggested that individuals who scored ≤17 points on the MoCA had an average age of 84 years, were White,…
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TopicsDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research · Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging · Physical Activity and Health
