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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2015

Health and Quality of Life Perception in Older Adults: The Joint Role of Cognitive Efficiency and Functional Mobility.

Roberta Forte, Colin A G Boreham, Giuseppe De Vito, Caterina Pesce

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.

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4 authors.

Roberta ForteInstitute for Sport and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland. Roberta.forte@uniroma4.it.
Colin A G BorehamInstitute for Sport and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland. colin.boreham@ucd.ie.
Giuseppe De VitoInstitute for Sport and Health, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland. giuseppe.devito@ucd.ie.
Caterina PesceHuman and Health Sciences, Department of Movement, University of Rome "Foro Italico", Roma 00135, Italy. caterina.pesce@uniroma4.it.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cognitive and mobility functions are involved in health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The present cross-sectional study aimed at investigating what facets of efficient cognition and functional mobility interactively contribute to mental and physical HRQoL. Fifty-six healthy older individuals (aged 65-75 years) were evaluated for mental and physical HRQoL, core cognitive executive functions (inhibition, working memory, and cognitive flexibility), and functional mobility (walking) under single and dual task conditions. Multiple regression analyses were run to verify which core executive functions predicted mental and physical HRQoL and whether the ability to perform complex (dual) walking tasks moderated such association. Inhibitory efficiency and the ability to perform physical-mental dual tasks interactively predicted mental HRQoL, whereas cognitive flexibility and the ability to perform physical dual tasks interactively predicted physical HRQoL. Different core executive functions seem relevant for mental and physical HRQoL. Executive function efficiency seems to translate into HRQoL perception when coupled with tangible experience of the ability to walk under dual task conditions that mirror everyday life demands. Implications of these results for supporting the perception of mental and physical quality of life at advanced age are discussed, suggesting the usefulness of multicomponent interventions and environments conducive to walking that jointly aid successful cognitive aging and functional mobility.

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CognitionExecutive FunctionActivities of Daily LivingAgedAged, 80 and overCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMalePerceptionQuality of LifeWalkingagingcognitiondual taskingexecutive functionwalking

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PMID26378556
PMCPMC4586678

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