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Psychological profiles associated with mental, cognitive and brain health in middle-aged and older adults

Bartrés-Faz, David; Demnitz-King, Harriet; Cabello-Toscano, María; Vaqué-Alcázar, Lídia; Saunders, Rob; Touron, Edelweiss; Cattaneo, Gabriele; ... The Medit-Ageing Research Group; + view all (2025) Psychological profiles associated with mental, cognitive and brain health in middle-aged and older adults. Nature Mental Health 10.1038/s44220-024-00361-8. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Psychological characteristics are associated with varying dementia risk and protective factors. To determine whether these characteristics aggregate into psychological profiles and whether these profiles differentially relate to aging health, we conducted a cross-sectional investigation in two independent middle-aged (51.4 ± 7.0 years (mean ± s.d.); N = 750) and older adult (71.1 ± 5.9 years; N = 282) cohorts, supplemented by longitudinal analyses in the former. Using a person-centered approach, three profiles emerged in both cohorts: those with low protective characteristics (profile 1), high risk characteristics (profile 2) and well-balanced characteristics (profile 3). Profile 1 showed the worst objective cognition in older age and middle age (at follow-up), and most rapid cortical thinning. Profile 2 exhibited the worst mental health symptomology and lowest sleep quality in both older age and middle age. We identified profile-dependent divergent patterns of associations that may suggest two distinct paths for mental, cognitive and brain health, emphasizing the need for comprehensive psychological assessments in dementia prevention research to identify groups for more personalized behavior-change strategies.

Type: Article
Title: Psychological profiles associated with mental, cognitive and brain health in middle-aged and older adults
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1038/s44220-024-00361-8
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1038/s44220-024-00361-8
Language: English
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UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Division of Psychiatry > Mental Health of Older People
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10203041
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