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Physical performance and activity among older adults visiting primary healthcare centres in Riyadh
OBJECTIVE: To assess physical performance (PP) and physical activity (PA) among older adults visiting primary healthcare centres (PHCCs) in Riyadh. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, men and women (n = 74) aged ≥60 years were recruited from five PHCCs across Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between 19 Feb...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7521052/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32967499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060520956895 |
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author | Bindawas, Saad M. Vennu, Vishal Alqarni, Ayidh M. Abdulrahman, Tariq A. |
author_facet | Bindawas, Saad M. Vennu, Vishal Alqarni, Ayidh M. Abdulrahman, Tariq A. |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To assess physical performance (PP) and physical activity (PA) among older adults visiting primary healthcare centres (PHCCs) in Riyadh. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, men and women (n = 74) aged ≥60 years were recruited from five PHCCs across Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between 19 February and 6 August 2017. The Timed Up & Go test was used to assess PP. Self-reported PA was assessed using the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly. Means and standard deviations were used to describe PP and PA scores across genders. A two-tailed independent samples t-test was used to estimate mean differences (MD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) between genders. RESULTS: Men scored significantly lower than women on PP (MD: 2.11, 95% CI: 0.59 to 3.64) and PA (MD: −46.1, 95% CI: −80.96 to −11.25). Significant gender differences were observed for leisure time activities (MD: 17.35, 95% CI: 3.29 to 31.40), light household activities (MD: –10.86, 95% CI: –16.19 to –5.53) and heavy household activities (MD: –6.48, 95% CI: –11.73 to –1.23). CONCLUSIONS: Men show significantly lower PP and PA than women. There are gender differences in leisure time activities and in light and heavy household activities. |
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spelling | pubmed-75210522020-10-06 Physical performance and activity among older adults visiting primary healthcare centres in Riyadh Bindawas, Saad M. Vennu, Vishal Alqarni, Ayidh M. Abdulrahman, Tariq A. J Int Med Res Prospective Clinical Research Report OBJECTIVE: To assess physical performance (PP) and physical activity (PA) among older adults visiting primary healthcare centres (PHCCs) in Riyadh. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study, men and women (n = 74) aged ≥60 years were recruited from five PHCCs across Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, between 19 February and 6 August 2017. The Timed Up & Go test was used to assess PP. Self-reported PA was assessed using the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly. Means and standard deviations were used to describe PP and PA scores across genders. A two-tailed independent samples t-test was used to estimate mean differences (MD) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) between genders. RESULTS: Men scored significantly lower than women on PP (MD: 2.11, 95% CI: 0.59 to 3.64) and PA (MD: −46.1, 95% CI: −80.96 to −11.25). Significant gender differences were observed for leisure time activities (MD: 17.35, 95% CI: 3.29 to 31.40), light household activities (MD: –10.86, 95% CI: –16.19 to –5.53) and heavy household activities (MD: –6.48, 95% CI: –11.73 to –1.23). CONCLUSIONS: Men show significantly lower PP and PA than women. There are gender differences in leisure time activities and in light and heavy household activities. SAGE Publications 2020-09-24 /pmc/articles/PMC7521052/ /pubmed/32967499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060520956895 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). |
spellingShingle | Prospective Clinical Research Report Bindawas, Saad M. Vennu, Vishal Alqarni, Ayidh M. Abdulrahman, Tariq A. Physical performance and activity among older adults visiting primary healthcare centres in Riyadh |
title | Physical performance and activity among older adults visiting primary healthcare centres in Riyadh |
title_full | Physical performance and activity among older adults visiting primary healthcare centres in Riyadh |
title_fullStr | Physical performance and activity among older adults visiting primary healthcare centres in Riyadh |
title_full_unstemmed | Physical performance and activity among older adults visiting primary healthcare centres in Riyadh |
title_short | Physical performance and activity among older adults visiting primary healthcare centres in Riyadh |
title_sort | physical performance and activity among older adults visiting primary healthcare centres in riyadh |
topic | Prospective Clinical Research Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7521052/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32967499 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0300060520956895 |
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