IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/gam/jijerp/v10y2013i12p6672-6686d30926.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Physical Performance and Quality of Life of Nursing-Home Residents with Mild and Moderate Dementia

Author

Listed:
  • Elisabeth Wiken Telenius

    (Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences; Oslo 0130, Norway)

  • Knut Engedal

    (Oslo University Hospital, Ageing and Health: Norwegian Centre for Research, Education and Service Development, Oslo 0424, Norway)

  • Astrid Bergland

    (Faculty of Health Sciences, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences; Oslo 0130, Norway)

Abstract

Introduction : The aims of this study were to describe the quality of life (QoL) of nursing-home residents with dementia and their balance, mobility, muscle strength and daily life activity, as well as to examine the associations between QoL and levels of balance, mobility, muscle strength and daily life activity. Methods : The study is cross sectional, and 170 nursing-home residents with dementia were included. Tests: “The quality of life in late-stage dementia scale” (QUALID), Berg Balance Scale, comfortable walking speed, maximum walking speed, 30-s sit-to-stand, Barthel Index, Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, the Clock Drawing Test and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) were used. Results : Our study showed that nursing-home residents with dementia are a heterogeneous group regarding registrations of QUALID and physical function measures. The scores on the QUALID ranged from 11 to 41 points. Higher scores on the 30-s sit-to-stand and Berg Balance Scale were associated with a better QUALID. For comfortable, as well as maximum, walking speed there was a trend towards better QUALID results for those participants with higher walking speed. Conclusions : Good muscle strength and balance were the most important physical performance variables significantly associated with a good QUALID score.

Suggested Citation

  • Elisabeth Wiken Telenius & Knut Engedal & Astrid Bergland, 2013. "Physical Performance and Quality of Life of Nursing-Home Residents with Mild and Moderate Dementia," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:10:y:2013:i:12:p:6672-6686:d:30926
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/12/6672/pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/10/12/6672/
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Sam Salek & Melvyn Walker & Antony Bayer, 1998. "A Review of Quality of Life in Alzheimer’s Disease," PharmacoEconomics, Springer, vol. 14(6), pages 613-627, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Mihaela Ghenţa & Aniela Matei & Luise Mladen-Macovei & Simona Stănescu, 2022. "Quality of Life of Older Persons: The Role and Challenges of Social Services Providers," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-18, July.
    2. Luis Galhardas & Armando Raimundo & Jesús Del Pozo-Cruz & José Marmeleira, 2022. "Physical and Motor Fitness Tests for Older Adults Living in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(9), pages 1-29, April.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.

      Corrections

      All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:10:y:2013:i:12:p:6672-6686:d:30926. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

      If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

      If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

      If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

      For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: MDPI Indexing Manager (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.mdpi.com .

      Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

      IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.