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The Association between Health Literacy and Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults
The association between gait speed, a vital health outcome in older adults, and health literacy, an important health promotion aspect, is unclear. This study examined the relationship of gait speed with health literacy, physical function, and cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults. Th...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7712768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32998262 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040369 |
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author | Anami, Kunihiko Murata, Shin Nakano, Hideki Nonaka, Koji Iwase, Hiroaki Shiraiwa, Kayoko Abiko, Teppei Goda, Akio Horie, Jun |
author_facet | Anami, Kunihiko Murata, Shin Nakano, Hideki Nonaka, Koji Iwase, Hiroaki Shiraiwa, Kayoko Abiko, Teppei Goda, Akio Horie, Jun |
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description | The association between gait speed, a vital health outcome in older adults, and health literacy, an important health promotion aspect, is unclear. This study examined the relationship of gait speed with health literacy, physical function, and cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults. The subjects were 240 older adults (52 men, mean age 73.8 ± 6.0 years). Gender, age, and education were self-reported, while height and weight were measured directly. Health literacy was evaluated using Communicative and Critical Health Literacy (CCHL). Grip strength, knee extension strength, toe-grip strength, sit-up test, sit-and-reach test, one-leg stance test time, 30-s chair-stand test (CS-30), and normal gait speed were measured. Subjects were divided into two groups based on normal gait speed—fast (speed ≥ 1.3 m/s) and slow (<1.3 m/s). In the logistic regression analysis, the dependent variable was normal gait speed (fast/slow). Four logistic regression models were utilized to determine whether health literacy affects gait speed. Height and CCHL were found to independently affect gait speed. That health literacy influences gait speed is a new discovery. |
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spelling | pubmed-77127682020-12-04 The Association between Health Literacy and Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults Anami, Kunihiko Murata, Shin Nakano, Hideki Nonaka, Koji Iwase, Hiroaki Shiraiwa, Kayoko Abiko, Teppei Goda, Akio Horie, Jun Healthcare (Basel) Article The association between gait speed, a vital health outcome in older adults, and health literacy, an important health promotion aspect, is unclear. This study examined the relationship of gait speed with health literacy, physical function, and cognitive function in community-dwelling older adults. The subjects were 240 older adults (52 men, mean age 73.8 ± 6.0 years). Gender, age, and education were self-reported, while height and weight were measured directly. Health literacy was evaluated using Communicative and Critical Health Literacy (CCHL). Grip strength, knee extension strength, toe-grip strength, sit-up test, sit-and-reach test, one-leg stance test time, 30-s chair-stand test (CS-30), and normal gait speed were measured. Subjects were divided into two groups based on normal gait speed—fast (speed ≥ 1.3 m/s) and slow (<1.3 m/s). In the logistic regression analysis, the dependent variable was normal gait speed (fast/slow). Four logistic regression models were utilized to determine whether health literacy affects gait speed. Height and CCHL were found to independently affect gait speed. That health literacy influences gait speed is a new discovery. MDPI 2020-09-28 /pmc/articles/PMC7712768/ /pubmed/32998262 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040369 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Anami, Kunihiko Murata, Shin Nakano, Hideki Nonaka, Koji Iwase, Hiroaki Shiraiwa, Kayoko Abiko, Teppei Goda, Akio Horie, Jun The Association between Health Literacy and Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title | The Association between Health Literacy and Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_full | The Association between Health Literacy and Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_fullStr | The Association between Health Literacy and Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_full_unstemmed | The Association between Health Literacy and Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_short | The Association between Health Literacy and Gait Speed in Community-Dwelling Older Adults |
title_sort | association between health literacy and gait speed in community-dwelling older adults |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7712768/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32998262 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare8040369 |
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