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The influence of diversity on the measurement of functional impairment : an international validation of the Amsterdam IADL Questionnaire in eight countries
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2020)
Introduction: To understand the potential influence of diversity on the measurement of functional impairment in dementia, we aimed to investigate possible bias caused by age, gender, education, and cultural differences. ...
Combining a cognitive concurrent task with a motor or motor-cognitive task : which is better to differentiate levels of affectation in Parkinson’s disease?
(Hindawi, 2020)
Cognitive decline usually coexists with motor impairment in PD. Multitask settings provide appropriate measures to evaluate the complex interaction between motor and cognitive impairments. The main objective was to analyze ...
Longitudinal Patterns of the Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon in People With Subjective Cognitive Complaints and Mild Cognitive Impairment
(Frontiers, 2020)
Background: The Tip-of-the-Tongue (ToTs) state is considered a universal phenomenon and is a frequent cognitive complaint in old age. Previous cross-sectional studies have found that ToT measures successfully discriminate ...
Prevalence of Cognitive Frailty, Do Psychosocial-Related Factors Matter?
(MDPI, 2020)
Cognitive frailty (CF) is a topic of growing interest with implications for the study of preventive interventions in aging. Nevertheless, little research has been done to assess the influence of psychosocial variables on ...
Normative scores for the Timed Up & Go in a Spanish sample of community-dweller adults with preserved functionality
(Elsevier, 2021)
Our aim was to calculate the ‘Timed Up & Go’ (TUG) normative scores in a Spanish
sample composed of functional older adults. The TUG test provides a measure of global
ambulation skills and its total score has been ...
Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on a long-term care facility: the role of social contact
(MDPI, 2021)
Background: Long-term care facilities (LTCFs) have been harmed by the coronavirus,
and older adults have remained isolated for a long time with many restrictions. The aim of this
study was to measure the decline in ...
Dual‑task performance in old adults: cognitive, functional, psychosocial and socio‑demographic variables
(Springer, 2021)
Background Dual tasking, or the ability to executing two tasks simultaneously, has been used in recent research to predict
cognitive impairments, physical frailty, and has been linked with cognitive frailty in old ...