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Ambulatory but sedentary
— impact on cognition and the rest-activity rhythm in nursing home residents with dementia | | Author(s) | Laura H P Eggermont, Erik J A Scherder |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 63B, no 5, September 2008 |
| Pages | pp P279-P287 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Inactivity ; Cognitive processes ; Dementia ; Residents [care homes] ; Nursing homes ; Correlation ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Physical activity has been positively associated with cognition and the rest-activity rhythm. In this Netherlands study, nursing staff classified ambulatory nursing home residents with moderate dementia either as active (n=42) or a sedentary (n=34). The authors assessed the rest-activity rhythm by means of actigraphy, and administered neuropsychological tests to assess cognitive functioning. Compared with the group that was considered sedentary, the group that was considered active had a significantly better rest-activity rhythm, indicating agreement between nursing staff classifications and data gathered by the actigraph. Cognitive function was related neither to active-sedentary classification nor to actigraph measures. Similar ambulatory nursing home residents with dementia may show considerable differences in their level of daily physical activity and to their rest-activity rhythm, but the precise relationship between all variables requires further investigation. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081009213 A |
| Classmark | C4: C5: DA: EA: KX: LHB: 49: 76H |
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