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

Conclusion: We revealed that dementia patients are more sedentary and perform less physical activity than cognitively healthy controls. This may have clinically important consequences, given the observation that sedentary behaviour and little physical activity independently predict all-cause mortality and morbidity.Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2018;46:81 –89

Source: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders - August 24, 2018 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research