TY - JOUR
T1 - Association between respiratory capacity, quality of life and cognitive function in elderly individuals
AU - Costa, Rayana de Oliveira
AU - Ritti-Dias, Raphael Mendes
AU - Cucato, Gabriel Grizzo
AU - Cendoroglo, Maysa Seabra
AU - Nasri, Fabio
AU - Costa, Maria Luiza Monteiro
AU - Matos, Luciana Diniz Nagem Janot de
AU - Franco, Fábio Gazelato de Mello
PY - 2019/1/28
Y1 - 2019/1/28
N2 - OBJECTIVE: To investigate associations between respiratory capacity, quality of life and cognitive function in elderly individuals.METHODS: The sample included 386 elderly individuals (232 women). Respiratory capacity assessment was based on maximal expiratory pressure measured at peak expiratory flow. Subjects were classified according to peak expiratory flow values adjusted for sex, age and height of individuals with normal (peak expiratory flow curve <80% and >60%) or reduced (peak expiratory flow curve < 60%) respiratory capacity. The World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire and the Mini-Mental State Examination were used to assess quality of life and cognitive function, respectively.RESULTS: Elderly women with reduced respiratory capacity scored lower on the Mini-Mental State Examination (p=0.048) and quality of life questionnaire (p=0.040) compared to those with normal respiratory capacity. These differences were not observed in men (p>0.05).CONCLUSION: Reduced respiratory capacity was associated with poorer quality of life and cognitive function in elderly women. These associations were not observed in elderly men.
AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate associations between respiratory capacity, quality of life and cognitive function in elderly individuals.METHODS: The sample included 386 elderly individuals (232 women). Respiratory capacity assessment was based on maximal expiratory pressure measured at peak expiratory flow. Subjects were classified according to peak expiratory flow values adjusted for sex, age and height of individuals with normal (peak expiratory flow curve <80% and >60%) or reduced (peak expiratory flow curve < 60%) respiratory capacity. The World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire and the Mini-Mental State Examination were used to assess quality of life and cognitive function, respectively.RESULTS: Elderly women with reduced respiratory capacity scored lower on the Mini-Mental State Examination (p=0.048) and quality of life questionnaire (p=0.040) compared to those with normal respiratory capacity. These differences were not observed in men (p>0.05).CONCLUSION: Reduced respiratory capacity was associated with poorer quality of life and cognitive function in elderly women. These associations were not observed in elderly men.
KW - Activities of Daily Living
KW - Aged
KW - Brazil
KW - Cognition
KW - Female
KW - Forced Expiratory Volume
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Oxygen Consumption
KW - Quality of Life
KW - Respiratory Function Tests
KW - Respiratory Muscles
KW - Sex Factors
KW - Surveys and Questionnaires
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U2 - 10.31744/einstein_journal/2019AO4337
DO - 10.31744/einstein_journal/2019AO4337
M3 - Article
C2 - 30726309
SN - 1679-4508
VL - 17
JO - Einstein (São Paulo, Brazil)
JF - Einstein (São Paulo, Brazil)
IS - 1
M1 - eAO4337
ER -