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

Tello Rodríguez, Tania; Vidal Cuellar, Claudia Lucia; Aliaga Diaz, Elizabeth Garby; Casas Vásquez, Paola; Ruiz Grosso, Paulo Jorge Martín; Pérez Silva Mercado, Rodrigo Ricardo; Ascencio Yuncaccallo, Edson Jesús

dc.contributor.author	Pérez Silva Mercado, Rodrigo Ricardo
dc.contributor.author	Ascencio Yuncaccallo, Edson Jesús
dc.contributor.author	Vidal Cuellar, Claudia Lucia
dc.contributor.author	Aliaga Diaz, Elizabeth Garby
dc.contributor.author	Casas Vásquez, Paola
dc.contributor.author	Ruiz Grosso, Paulo Jorge Martín
dc.contributor.author	Tello Rodríguez, Tania
dc.coverage.spatial	Perú
dc.date.accessioned	2023-09-06T20:45:09Z
dc.date.available	2023-09-06T20:45:09Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/14086
dc.description.abstract	Objective: We aimed to investigate the association between gait speed and cognitive status in outpatient older adults from a resource-limited setting in Peru. Methods: 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. Results: 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 < 0.001). Malnutrition (PR: 1.74; CI: 1.45–2.08) and functional dependency (PR: 4.35; CI: 2.68–7.08) were associated with a greater prevalence of cognitive impairment according to the SPMSQ, whereas a faster gait speed (PR: 0.27, CI: 0.14–0.52) and longer years of education (PR: 0.83, CI: 0.77–0.88) were associated with a less prevalence. Conclusions: Slower gait speed was associated with poorer cognitive status in outpatient older adults. Gait speed may be a complementary tool in the cognitive assessment of older adults from resource-limited settings.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Taylor and Francis
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Aging and Mental Health
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Gait speed	en_US
dc.subject	Cognition	en_US
dc.subject	Older adult	en_US
dc.subject	Resource-limited setting	en_US
dc.subject	Geriatric Assessment	en_US
dc.subject.mesh	Velocidad al Caminar
dc.subject.mesh	Cognición
dc.subject.mesh	Anciano Frágil
dc.subject.mesh	Configuración de Recursos Limitados
dc.subject.mesh	Evaluación Geriátrica
dc.title	Gait speed according to cognitive status in older adults: a cross-sectional study in a resource-limited country	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2023.2208043
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.26
dc.relation.issn	1364-6915