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Project

The protective effect of physical activity on older adults’ daily cognitive performance and the mediating role of sleep and mental wellbeing
Code
BOF/24J/2021/065
Duration
01 October 2021 → 30 September 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Social sciences
    • Health psychology
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Health promotion and policy
    • Preventive medicine
    • Epidemiology
    • Human movement and sports sciences not elsewhere classified
Keywords
Healthy ageing wearable older adults cognition sleep multiple baseline design mediators mental wellbeing physical activity
 
Project description
 

This project aims to investigate whether physical activity benefits older adults’ daily cognitive performance and whether this relation is mediated by improved sleep and better mental wellbeing. To answer this research question an observational as well as an interventional study, using objective and high-quality measurements to assess the parameters, will be carried out.