期刊
AGING CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH
卷 32, 期 11, 页码 2329-2338出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-019-01445-7
关键词
Alzheimer's disease; Physical fitness; ADL; Ageing; Institutionalization
资金
- Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology (FTC) [SFRH/BD/90013/2012, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031808, FCT/UID/00617/2019]
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia [SFRH/BD/90013/2012] Funding Source: FCT
This cross-sectional study investigated the association of physical fitness with cognitive function, functional capacity and quality of life among institutionalized older adults with dementia. One hundred and two older adults aged 78.0 +/- 8.4 years, predominantly female (67.6%), with neurocognitive disorder due to Alzheimer's disease (AD) (49.2%), vascular dementia (14.7%), Parkinson's disease (2%), dementia with Lewy bodies (2%) or unspecified dementia (32.1%) participated in the present study. Regression analyses were used to examine associations between physical fitness components (Senior Fitness Test) and cognitive function (Mini-Mental State Examination), functional capacity (Katz Index of Independence in Activities of Daily Living) and Quality of Life (QoL)-Alzheimer's Disease scale. Univariate regression indicates that strength, flexibility, agility/dynamic balance and aerobic endurance are relevant for cognitive function, physical capacity and perceived QoL in institutionalized older people with dementia. After multiple regression analyses, adjusted for body mass index (BMI), results showed that aerobic endurance had a significant positive association with Total Katz Index. For both, caregiver perception of QoL-AD and global QoL-AD, BMI remained significantly and positively associated. Agility-dynamic balance presented a significant negative relation with global QoL-AD. Overall, our findings suggest that better physical fitness is important for cognition and autonomous functional capacity and that it has positive repercussions on the QoL in institutionalized older adults with dementia. Consequently, exercise-based therapeutic strategies aiming to improve physical fitness should be implemented.
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