... Cognitive impairment Pentagon copy Handgrip strength Clinical psychology Frailty The pentagon copy, which is included in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), is a task finalized to screen for constructional apraxia, which is defined as the inability or the difficulty to reproduce...

... an increased replication rate with advancing age. An elevated TTV viremia has been associated with an impaired immune function and an increased risk of mortality in the older population. The objective of this study was to analyze the relation between TTV viremia, physical frailty, and cognitive impairment...

...Yuying Sun; Zhihui Wang; Shengzhi Sun; Lu Cui; Xiaoquan Zhu; Sai Yin Ho; Shige Qi Introduction: Cognitive stimulating activities and a healthy lifestyle are associated with less cognitive impairment. However, whether the association is varied by Apolipoprotein epsilon 4 (APOE ε4) allele carrier...

...Tobias Eckert; Pamela Wronski; Martin Bongartz; Phoebe Ullrich; Bastian Abel; Rainer Kiss; Michel Wensing; Jan Koetsenruijter; Klaus Hauer Introduction: There is a substantial lack of home-based exercise programs in the highly vulnerable group of geriatric patients with cognitive impairment (CI...

... of coffee and tea, and cognitive impairment were associated with disease severity. Conclusions: The estimated incidence of symptomatic COVID-19 in this older cohort of Madrid was 6.8%, with an overall mortality rate of 0.7% (18.2% in those living in a nursing home) and a fatality rate of 9.9%. Our...

...Takehiko Doi; Hideaki Ishii; Kota Tsutsumimoto; Sho Nakakubo; Satoshi Kurita; Hiroyuki Shimada Introduction: Age-related functional decline elevates the risk of car accidents. Whether specific cognitive impairments and physical frailty increase the risk of car accidents is still unclarified...

... demonstrated an inverse relationship between gait performance and cognitive impairment. The main purposes of this study were: (1) to design and validate a complex gait test (CGT) in older people, (2) to analyze the effects of age and sex on CGT, and (3) to analyze the association between CGT performance...

...Jing Shen; Melissa Sherman; Pamela E. Souza In light of the high prevalence of hearing loss and cognitive impairment in the aging population, it is important to know how cognitive tests should be administered for older adults with hearing loss. The purpose of the present study is to examine...

..., Texas. CRF was determined by duration of a maximal treadmill exercise test. Cognitive function was evaluated with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). In a multivariate model, adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals for MoCA scores < 26 (i.e., cognitive impairment) were determined...

..., the effects of interventions on safe driving were not clear in older adults with cognitive impairment who had low driving skills. Objective: This randomized controlled trial was designed to determine whether a safe driving skill program consisting of classroom and on-road training could enhance driving...

...Christian Werner; George P. Moustris; Costas S. Tzafestas; Klaus Hauer Background: Navigational skills decline with age, and this decline is even more pronounced in cognitively impaired (CI) older adults. Navigation assistance is an emerging functionality of robotic rollators (RRs). The evidence...

... exploitation of maintained, but often unrecognized rehabilitation potentials. Geriatric rehabilitation patients with cognitive impairment represent a highly vulnerable population which is often affected by a lack of an ongoing support at the intersection between ward-based and post-ward rehabilitation...

...Diane E. Hosking; Kaarin J. Anstey Background: The economic impact of older-age cognitive impairment has been estimated primarily by the direct and indirect costs associated with dementia care. Other potential costs associated with milder cognitive impairment in the community have received little...

...Lorraine Scanlon; Emma O'Shea; Rónán O'Caoimh; Suzanne Timmons Background: Computerised cognitive screening (CCS) has the potential to detect cognitive impairment in the community, which is important for the early diagnosis of dementia. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate...

... positive association of the allele with aging-related diseases, two case subgroups of 81- to 90-year-olds, one composed of individuals with cognitive impairment and the other with various diseases not directly related to the nervous system, such as cardiovascular diseases, etc., were compared to a healthy...

...Jenni Kulmala; Irma Nykänen; Minna Mänty; Sirpa Hartikainen Background: Frailty is commonly considered as a syndrome with several symptoms, including weight loss, exhaustion, weakness, slow walking speed and physical inactivity. It has been suggested that cognitive impairment should be included...

...Bayasgalan Gombojav; Sang-Wook Yi; Jae Woong Sull; Chung Mo Nam; Heechoul Ohrr Background: Previous studies have shown links between cognitive impairment and hypertension as well as mortality. However, combined effects of these two conditions on mortality have not been fully explored. Objective...

...K. Hauer; L. Yardley; N. Beyer; G. Kempen; N. Dias; M. Campbell; C. Becker; C. Todd Background: Frail, old patients with and without cognitive impairment are at high risk of falls and associated medical and psychosocial issues. The lack of adequate, validated instruments has partly hindered...

...Sesil Ozgis; Peter G. Rendell; Julie D. Henry Background: Although memory for future intentions (prospective memory, PM) is compromised in older adults with cognitive impairment, the effectiveness of specific training techniques to help these older adults with PM tasks remains unclear. Objective...

... function across groups with a narrow age range; (2) any independent association between sensory and cognitive impairment. Methods: We examined 3,509 non-institutionalised residents aged 50+ years in the second cross-sectional survey of the Blue Mountains Eye Study (1997–2000). Visual impairment was defined...