ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2020
Physical fitness in institutionalized older adults with dementia: association with cognition, functional capacity and quality of life.
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34 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
- Physical and Motor Fitness Tests for Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Multicomponent Exercise Interventions in Older Adults With Dementia: A Meta-Analysis.The Gerontologist · 2021Pooled it
- Associations Between Flexibility and SAMU DIS-FIT Physical Fitness Parameters in Adults With Intellectual Disabilities: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
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- Differences in physical function across dementia subtypes and cognitive decline: a cross-sectional study.European journal of translational myology · 2025Article
- Physical activity and cognitive function among community-dwelling older adults: a mediating role of functional fitness.BMC public health · 2025Article
- A comparative analysis of physical activity and cognitive performance in both institutionalized and non-institutionalized older adults, controlling sociodemographic variables.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Association between physical fitness and executive functions in cognitively healthy female older adults: a cross-sectional study.GeroScience · 2024Article
- Do physical fitness and cognitive function mediate the relationship between basic activities of daily living and quality of life in older adults with dementia?Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- THE EFFECTS OF RESTRICTIONS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY.Acta clinica Croatica · 2024Review
- Associations Between Physical Fitness, Cognitive Function, and Depression in Nursing Homes Residents Between 60-100 Years of Age in South-Western Poland.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2024Article
- Health literacy mediates the relationships of cognitive and physical functions with health-related quality of life in older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Neuropsychiatric Symptoms are Related to Blood-biomarkers in Major Neurocognitive Disorders.Current aging science · 2024Article
- Explanatory Capacity of Postural Control and Physical Fitness in Cognitive Impairment and Support Needs among Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities-A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Effects of 12-week Tai Chi program on physical function, depression, and quality of life among cognitively impaired older adults: a feasibility study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- An integrative approach to dementia care.Frontiers in aging · 2023Review
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- Association of physical fitness with cognitive function in the community-dwelling older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Impact of Different Resistance Training Protocols on Balance, Quality of Life and Physical Activity Level of Older Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
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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