Adherence to a lifestyle intervention ‐ self‐efficacy as crux of the matter?Analysis of AgeWell.de as multi‐domain lifestyle intervention against cognitive decline
Felix Georg Wittmann, Alexander Pabst, Andrea Zülke, Melanie Luppa, Birgitt Wiese, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Thomas Frese, Jochen Gensichen, Hans‐Helmut König, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Jochen René Thyrian, Steffi G Riedel‐Heller · 2025
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Felix Georg Wittmann and co-authors asked what makes older adults stick with a lifestyle program against thinking decline, in a 2025 study of a German trial. The program mixed food advice, activity boosts, and brain training. Its members were sixty or older and at raised risk of dementia. Nurses scored goal progress at seven points for each part of the program. The analysis covered just over three hundred members of the action group.
Sticking with the program ran higher in people with more schooling, sound mental state, and strong belief in their own ability. It ran lower with rising age, low mood, smoking, and, in part, higher body weight. Long-term illnesses showed no effect. The authors single out self-belief as a lever programs can build on. Screening for the weak points they name could help staff support the members most likely to drift.
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| CREATOR | Felix Georg Wittmann, Alexander Pabst, Andrea Zülke, Melanie Luppa, Birgitt Wiese, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Thomas Frese, Jochen Gensichen, Hans‐Helmut König, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Jochen René Thyrian, Steffi G Riedel‐Heller |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |