Dementia Patients Are More Sedentary and Less Physically Active than Age- and Sex-Matched Cognitively Healthy Older Adults

• Published in: Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders Vol. 46; no. 1-2; pp. 81 - 89
• Main Authors: Hartman, Yvonne A.W., Karssemeijer, Esther G.A., van Diepen, Lisanne A.M., Olde Rikkert, Marcel G.M., Thijssen, Dick H.J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland 01.01.2018
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer Disease - diagnosis; Cross-Sectional Studies; Exercise; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Status Schedule; Middle Aged; Original Research Article; Reference Values; Sedentary Behavior; Actigraphy; Physical activity; Sedentary behaviour; Dementia
• ISSN: 1420-8008; 1421-9824
• DOI: 10.1159/000491995

Aims: The aim of this study was to examine physical activity and sedentary behaviour characteristics of ambulatory and community-dwelling patients with dementia compared to cognitively healthy age-, sex- and weight-matched controls. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, we included community-dwell...