Why the study?
Excessive sitting is linked to poor mental health in elderly individuals, but the relationship between psychological distress and prolonged sedentary bouts across multiple time periods needed clarification.
Population
68 adults aged 65 years or older in Japan
Comparison
Psychological distress vs rate of prolonged sedentary bouts across four periods
Design
Secondary analysis using cross-lagged effects models
Follow-up
Four periods (2016 to 2019)
Authors
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May support bidirectional distress-sedentary links in elderly; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
In elderly individuals, psychological distress may lead to increased prolonged sedentary bouts after one year, while prolonged sedentary bouts may worsen psychological distress after three years.
Yutaka Owari (2021) studied this question.
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