Table 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria | Instrumentation | Cutoff |
|---|---|---|
40–65 years of age | Telephone interview |  |
Family history of dementia | Telephone interview, Risk Evaluation and Education for Alzheimer’s disease (REVEAL) questionnaire | 1 first degree relative or 2 second degree relatives diagnosed with dementia or AD [109] |
Ability to communicate in English | Telephone interview | Â |
Not meeting PA guidelines | American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)'s guidelines | 30 min of moderate intensity PA fewer than 3x/week for the last 3 months [106] |
Exclusion criteria | Instrumentation | Cutoff |
Potential cognitive impairment | Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-m) | Total score < 33 [110] |
Potential cognitive impairment | Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) | Total score < 26 [111] |
Current use of medications to treat symptoms of AD or that adversely affect cognition | Self-report to a survey | Â |
Cannot attend PA because of cardiovascular, metabolic, or renal disease, or orthopedic limitations | Medical Health History (MHH), physician clearance | Â |
History of neurologic, psychiatric, or active functionally disabling disease, or any other conditions that might limit exercise or jeopardize participants | MHH questionnaire | Â |
Depression | Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale - Revised (CESD-R) | Total score > 16 and having anhedonia or dysphoria nearly every day for the past 2 weeks, and 2 or more additional symptoms either nearly every day for the past 2 weeks or 5–7 days in the past week or indication for suicidal ideation [112] |
Uncorrected hearing or visual impairments | Self-report to a survey | Â |
Plan for traveling for an extended period (more than 1 month) during the course of the study | Self-report to a survey | Â |