| Summary: | 碩士 === 亞洲大學 === 健康產業管理學系長期照護組碩士在職專班 === 101 === Background
Cognitive decline is a common condition that affects people’s daily life. Exercise habits remain a protective factor for cognitive decline as well as other geriatric diseases. Many health promotion organizations drew lots of attention to exercise for better quality of life of the elderly.
Objectives
The aim of this study was to examine potential associations between exercise and cognitive decline in older Taiwanese.
Methods
Taiwan Longitudinal Study of Aging (TLSA) was a trustworthy database used in conducting my research. Level of physical exercise participation was measured at baseline (2003) and cognitive decline status was collected from the 4-year follow-up data of the TLSA. Subjects were 3765 Taiwanese people. They were all meal and female adults. The intensity of exercise was calculated by Metabolic Equivalent (MET), which was an exercise amount measuring method.
The cognitive side of the content was measured with Pfeiffer's Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ). It was commonly known as a simple measurement of cognitive performance.
Results
33.8% of the participants who reported excercising more than 450METs per week, compared to 66.2% on the non-exercise group. Non-exercisers tended to have higher risk of cognitive decline than exercisers. The exercise group had a 20% reduced risk for cognitive decline. (OR=0.80, 95 CI=0.644-0.994, p=0.044)
Conclusions
Sufficient exercise was an important factor significantly influencing cognitive performance in older adults. The observation results from two waves of the longitudinal TLSA surveys demonstrated evidence of maintaining cognitive function with exercise in old age. Especially for the Taiwanese older adults who reported exercising more than 450METs per week had better cognitive performance.
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