Gait speed according to cognitive status in older adults: a cross-sectional study in a resource-limited country

We aimed to investigate the association between gait speed and cognitive status in outpatient older adults from a resource-limited setting in Peru. We performed a cross-sectional study including older adults aged ≥60 years attending a geriatrics outpatient clinic between July 2017 and February 2020....

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Published in:Aging & mental health 2023-11, Vol.27 (11), p.2153-2161
Main Authors: Pérez Silva Mercado, Rodrigo Ricardo, Ascencio, Edson J., Vidal-Cuellar, Claudia L., Aliaga, Elizabeth G., Casas, Paola M., Ruiz-Grosso, Paulo, Tello, Tania
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Cognition
Cognitive ability
Cognitive impairment
Cross-sectional studies
Dependency
Epidemiology
Gait
Gait speed
Geriatric Assessment
Geriatric psychiatry
Geriatrics
Malnutrition
Measuring instruments
Mini-Mental State Examination
older adult
Older people
Regression analysis
resource-limited setting
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Summary:We aimed to investigate the association between gait speed and cognitive status in outpatient older adults from a resource-limited setting in Peru. We performed a cross-sectional study including older adults aged ≥60 years attending a geriatrics outpatient clinic between July 2017 and February 2020. Gait speed was measured over a 10-meters distance without considering the first and last meter traveled. Cognitive status was assessed through the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). We used a multivariate binomial logistic regression to conduct both an epidemiological and fully adjusted models. We included 519 older adults (mean age: 75 years; IQR = 10), of whom 95 (18.3%) and 151 (31.5%) were cognitively impaired according to the SPMSQ and MMSE, respectively. Gait speed was slower among patients with poorer cognitive status as assessed by both tools (p 
ISSN:1360-7863
1364-6915
DOI:10.1080/13607863.2023.2208043