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The perceived mental effort of everyday activities in older adults

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EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY
卷 169, 期 -, 页码 -

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PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2022.111971

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Mental effort; Time use; Daily activities; Aging

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  1. NHMRC Dementia Research Leadership Fellowship [GNT1135676]
  2. Dementia Australia Research Foundation (DARF) PhD Scholarship
  3. NHMRC Early Career Fellowship [GNT1162166]
  4. National Heart Foundation of Australia [1020840]

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People's perceptions of the mental effort required for everyday activities may affect the relationship between lifestyles and cognitive ability. The perceived mental effort (PME) ratings varied by activity domain, with males rating higher than females. PMEs show promise as a reliable measure of mental effort.
People's perceptions of the mental effort required for everyday activities may drive variation in the relationships between lifestyles and cognitive ability. We asked n = 259 healthy older adults aged 60 to 70 years (90 males, 169 females) to provide a rating of the Perceived Mental Effort (PME) for each activity instance they recalled over a 48-h period as part of a time-use recall. PME was rated on a 9-point scale from very, very low (score of 1) to very, very high (score of 9). Across the entire sample, participants rated a total of 196 different activities and 17,433 activity instances. The mean PME for individual activities was 3.50 +/- 1.58. PMEs varied significantly by activity domain, with highest ratings being for Work (5.48 +/- 1.72) and the lowest for Self-Care (2.89 +/- 0.98). In multivariate analyses, PME ratings were higher in males than females (+0.30), PMEs were higher later in the day, increased with task duration, and decreased with age (all p < 0.0001). Time-weighted average individual PMEs across the two days of recall ranged from 1.86 to 6.50, and were 0.3 units higher for males, but unrelated to age. Repeated intra-individual PME ratings for the same activity were very reliable (ICC = 0.995, mean absolute difference = 0.03 +/- 0.17). PMEs show promise as a reliable measure of mental effort.

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