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Revista Salud Uninorte

versão impressa ISSN 0120-5552versão On-line ISSN 2011-7531

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CONCHA-CISTERNAS, YENY et al. Walking pace and cognitive impairment in elderly: finding from the Chilean National Health Survey 2016-2017. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2022, vol.38, n.3, pp.819-836.  Epub 29-Maio-2023. ISSN 0120-5552.  https://doi.org/10.14482/sun.38.3.155.67.

Background:

Walking pace could be considered an early risk marker of cognitive impairment in older people.

Objective:

To determine the association between walking pace and cognitive impairment in older Chilean adults.

Methods:

1,788 adults older than 60 years from the 2016-2017 Chilean National Health Survey with data available in the exposure and outcome were included in this cross-sectional study. Walking pace was self-reported and categorised as slow, average and brisk. Cognitive impairment was assessed using the Abbreviated Mini-Mental questionnaire. Logistic regression analyses were performed to investigate the association between walking pace and cognitive impairment, logistic regression analyses - adjusted for sociodemographic, lifestyle and health-related covariates.

Results:

In the minimally adjusted model and compared to older adults who self-reported a brisk walking pace, those in the slow walking pace category were 2.67 times more likely to have cognitive impairment (OR: 2.67 [95% CI: 1.62, 4.42]). When the analyses were adjusted, the association was attenuated but remained significant (OR: 1.78 [95% CI: 1.15 3.17]). No associations were found between average pace walkers and cognitive impairment.

Conclusion:

Older adults who self-reported a slow walking pace having a higher likelihood of cognitive impairment than their counterparts who had a brisk walking pace. Considering that cognitive impairment is a geriatric syndrome with a high prevalence in the elderly, there is a need to emphasise strategies for an early diagnosis. Therefore, walking pace may be a useful marker to identify individuals at high risk of cognitive impairment.

Palavras-chave : walking pace; gait; cognitive impairment; elderly; physical activity.

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