The Relationship between Cognitive Status and Retained Activity Participation among Community-Dwelling Older Adults

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ID16945641
AuthorsFatemeh Adelirad (0000-0003-0713-9120, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences), Maryam Moghaddam Salimi (0000-0002-5963-6893, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences), Imán Dianat (0000-0001-6282-939X, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences), Mohammad Asghari Jafarabadi (0000-0003-3284-9749, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences), Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, Vijay Kumar Chattu (0000-0001-9840-8335, University of Alberta, corresponding author), Hamid Allahverdipour (0000-0003-3700-6185, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume12
Issue4
Pages400-416
Publication date2022-03-29
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2174-8144 • E-ISSN: 2254-9625
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/ejihpe12040029
PMID35447747
OpenAlexW4221018500
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited65

Identifying retained activity participation to old age can improve age-related changes in balance and cognition function. Subjects ≥ 60 years were enrolled in this study. Balance and Cognitive function include working memory, executive function, and sustained and divided attention was evaluated with “Fullerton advanced balance”, “n-back”, “Wisconsin card sort”, “sustain and divided attention test”, respectively. In addition, retained activity participation was measured using the Activity Card Sort questionnaire. The univariate and multivariate regression analyses of different domains of retained activity participation were used as independent variables, including instrumental activity, low-effort leisure, high-effort leisure, and social activity on balance and specific domains of cognition. Seventy-seven subjects (65.3 ± 4.4 years, 61% female) were included. About 47% of older adults had a college education, 32.3% had a diploma, and 20.7% had elementary–middle education. These results show that retained instrumental activity had a relationship with working memory (β = 0.079, p

Activities of daily living · Cognition · Developmental psychology · Executive functions · Leisure activity · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Psychiatry · Working memory · Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology

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