ArticleCurrent gerontology and geriatrics research2017
The Relationship between Locomotive Syndrome and Depression in Community-Dwelling Elderly People.
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- Translation, cultural adaptation, and Turkish validation of the tool 25-question geriatric locomotive function scale.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Convergent Validity of the Lower Quarter Y Balance Test Against Two-Step and Timed Up and Go Tests in Thai Older Adults with and Without Locomotive Syndrome.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Assessing Locomotive Syndrome Through Instrumented Five-Time Sit-to-Stand Test and Machine Learning.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Association between oral health and locomotive syndrome: a cross-sectional study in Japanese adults.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Association between serum insulin-like growth factor 1 and locomotive syndrome in community-dwelling older people.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Path Model Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Older Thais Living in Rural Areas.Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Association between subjective oral dysfunction and locomotive syndrome in community-dwelling older adults.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Nutritional status and body composition in cognitively impaired older persons living alone: The Takashimadaira study.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Cognitive impairment associated with locomotive syndrome in community-dwelling elderly women in Japan.Clinical interventions in aging · 2017Article
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Abstract
Locomotive syndrome (LS) is a concept that refers to the condition of people requiring healthcare services because of problems associated with locomotion. Depression is a major psychiatric disease among the elderly, in addition to dementia. The purpose of this study was to determine the association between LS and depression. The study participants were 224 healthy elderly volunteers living in a rural area in Japan. LS was defined as scores ≥ 16 on the 25-question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale (GLFS-25). Depression was defined as scores ≥ 5 on the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15). Height and body weight were measured. The prevalence of LS and depression was 13.9% and 24.2%, respectively. Compared with the non-LS group, the LS group was older, was shorter, had a higher BMI, and had higher GDS-15 scores. Logistic regression analysis showed that participants with GDS-15 scores ≥ 6 had higher odds for LS than those with GDS-15 scores < 6 (odds ratio [OR] = 4.22). Conversely, the depression group had higher GLFS-25 scores than the nondepression group. Participants with GLFS-25 scores ≥ 5 had higher odds for depression than those with GLFS-25 scores < 5 (OR = 4.53). These findings suggest that there is a close relationship between LS and depression.
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