Dual and triple tasks performance in institutionalized prefrail and frail older adults
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Dual and triple tasks performance in institutionalized prefrail and frail older adultsAutor(es)
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2020-07-13Cita bibliográfica
Lorenzo-López L, Campos-Magdaleno M, López-López R, Facal D, Pereiro AX, Maseda A, Blanco-Fandiño J, Millán-Calenti JC. Dual and triple tasks performance in institutionalized prefrail and frail older adults. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2020 Nov;35(11):1358-1366.
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Objective: The aim of this pilot study was to investigate differences on dual- and
triple-task performance in institutionalized prefrail and frail older adults. Performance
on these tasks is relevant since many activities of daily living involve simultaneous
motor and cognitive tasks.
Methods: We used a phenotypic description of frailty based on the presence or
absence of five criteria related to physical fitness and metabolism (unintentional
weight loss, self-reported exhaustion, muscle weakness, low gait speed, and low
physical activity). Thirty-three institutionalized older adults (≥ 65 years, 78.8%
females) were divided according to their frailty status. Participants completed cognitive
tasks (a phonemic verbal fluency task and a visuospatial tracking task) while
cycling on a stationary cycle (upper- and lower-extremity function was assessed).
Cycling (number of arm and foot cycles) and cognitive (number of correct answers)
performances were measured during single-, dual-, and triple-task conditions. Performances
and costs of dual -and triple- tasking on cycling and cognitive performances
were compared between prefrail and frail groups.
Results: Prefrail and frail older adults did not differ in their performance in dual-tasks;
however, frail older adults showed a poorer performance in the triple-task.
Conclusions: Although future studies need to confirm our observations in larger samples,
this pilot study suggests that developing new tools based on triple tasking could
be useful for the comprehensive assessment of frailty.
Palabras chave
Cognitive aging
Dual-tasks
Frail older adults
Multiple-tasks
Triple-tasks
Dual-tasks
Frail older adults
Multiple-tasks
Triple-tasks
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0885-6230