TY - JOUR
T1 - Age-varying associations between physical activity and psychological outcomes among rural cancer survivors
AU - Bhuiyan, Nishat
AU - Linden-Carmichael, Ashley N.
AU - Lanza, Stephanie T.
AU - Schmitz, Kathryn
AU - Mama, Scherezade Kelly
N1 - Funding Information:
Nishat Bhuiyan is supported by National Institute on Aging Grant T32 AG049676 to The Pennsylvania State University. The Partnering to Prevent and Control Cancer (PPCC) study was funded under a grant with the Pennsylvania Department of Health using Tobacco CURE Funds (TRK08-Mama-PSU-2016F; PI: Mama). Scherezade Mama is supported by a career development award from the National Cancer Institute (K07 CA222335, PI: Mama). Ashley Linden-Carmichael is supported by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (K01 AA026854) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (P50 DA039838).
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - We examined the prevalence of psychological outcomes (i.e., symptoms of depression and anxiety) by age and age-varying associations between physical activity and psychological outcomes among rural cancer survivors. Participants (N = 219; ages 22–93) completed sociodemographic, psychological, and physical activity questionnaires. Time-varying effect models estimated the prevalence of psychological outcomes and assessed associations between physical activity and psychological outcomes as a flexible function of age. Depression and anxiety symptoms decreased with age among cancer survivors aged 22–40 years and were relatively stable across age among those > 40 years. Positive associations between vigorous physical activity and psychological outcomes in those aged 22–40 years were identified. In those > 70–80 years, there were negative associations between vigorous physical activity and psychological outcomes. Results suggest there is variation across age in the associations between physical activity and psychological outcomes among rural survivors. Future research should further explore these age-varying relationships to identify important intervention targets.
AB - We examined the prevalence of psychological outcomes (i.e., symptoms of depression and anxiety) by age and age-varying associations between physical activity and psychological outcomes among rural cancer survivors. Participants (N = 219; ages 22–93) completed sociodemographic, psychological, and physical activity questionnaires. Time-varying effect models estimated the prevalence of psychological outcomes and assessed associations between physical activity and psychological outcomes as a flexible function of age. Depression and anxiety symptoms decreased with age among cancer survivors aged 22–40 years and were relatively stable across age among those > 40 years. Positive associations between vigorous physical activity and psychological outcomes in those aged 22–40 years were identified. In those > 70–80 years, there were negative associations between vigorous physical activity and psychological outcomes. Results suggest there is variation across age in the associations between physical activity and psychological outcomes among rural survivors. Future research should further explore these age-varying relationships to identify important intervention targets.
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U2 - 10.1007/s10865-020-00187-6
DO - 10.1007/s10865-020-00187-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 33047213
AN - SCOPUS:85092452012
JO - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
JF - Journal of Behavioral Medicine
SN - 0160-7715
ER -