https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Index ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 Daily steps and diet, but not sleep, are related to mortality in older Australians https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:38655 Wed 04 May 2022 15:19:55 AEST ]]> Prospective associations between joint categories of physical activity and insomnia symptoms with onset of poor mental health in a population-based cohort https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:45240 54) in 2013, and who completed at least 1 follow-up survey (2014–2018), were included (n = 10,977). Poor mental health (Mental Health Inventory-5 ≤ 54) was assessed annually. Baseline (2013) PA was classified as high/moderate/low, and insomnia symptoms (i.e., trouble sleeping) were classified as no insomnia symptoms/insomnia symptoms, with 6 mutually exclusive PA-insomnia symptom groups derived. Associations of PA–insomnia symptom groups with onset of poor mental health were examined using discrete-time proportional-hazards logit-hazard models. Results: There were 2322 new cases of poor mental health (21.2%). Relative to the high PA/no insomnia symptoms group, there were higher odds (odds ratio, 95% confidence interval (95%CI)) of poor mental health among the high PA/insomnia symptoms (OR = 1.87, 95%CI: 1.57–2.23), moderate PA/insomnia symptoms (OR = 1.93, 95%CI: 1.61–2.31), low PA/insomnia symptoms (OR = 2.33, 95%CI: 1.96–2.78), and low PA/no insomnia symptoms (OR = 1.14, 95%CI: 1.01–1.29) groups. Any level of PA combined with insomnia symptoms was associated with increased odds of poor mental health, with the odds increasing as PA decreased. Conclusion: These findings highlight the potential benefit of interventions targeting both PA and insomnia symptoms for promoting mental health. [Final Citation details pending]]]> Thu 27 Oct 2022 12:35:23 AEDT ]]> Diet quality and depressive symptoms. Assessing the direction of the association in a population-based cohort study https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:38656 n = 10,003; 48.3% women; 48.5[15.7] years), core food score in 2013 was associated with MHI-5 (β:0.102, 95%CI: 0.010,0.193) in 2017, while the non-core food score was not (β:-0.030, 95%CI:-0.099,0.160). Depressive symptom score in 2013 was not associated with either food score in 2017. Current/prior diagnosis of depression in 2013 was associated with core (β:-0.198, 95%CI:-0.329,-0.067) but not non-core (β:-0.036, 95%CI: -0.151,0.080) food score in 2017. Limitations: Results may not be generalizable to the whole population due to some selection bias, self-report depression diagnosis may have led to misclassification of previous mental illness, and core and non-core food scores are not validated measures of diet quality. Conclusions: There is a prospective association between core food consumption and depressive symptoms. This association is of small magnitude and we cannot discount insufficient core food consumption reflecting an effect of prior mental illness. Our results suggest that, for depression, public health focus should be on improving core food intake.]]> Mon 23 May 2022 14:22:55 AEST ]]> Efficacy of a multi-component m-health weight-loss intervention in overweight and obese adults: A randomised controlled trial https://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/ /manager/Repository/uon:37431 Fri 03 Dec 2021 10:32:45 AEDT ]]>