Neurological comorbidities and its association with gait speed in older adults of the Naval Medical Center Cirujano Mayor Santiago Távara 2010-2015.

• Autores: Calderón-Campos, Karla M., Parodi, José F., Runzer-Colmenares, Fernando M.
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2019
• Institución: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revistas.upch.edu.pe:article/3537
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.upch.edu.pe/index.php/RNP/article/view/3537
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Trastornos neurocognitivos, velocidad de marcha, adultos mayores, enfermedad de Parkinson, enfermedad cerebro-vascular, demencia.

Objective: To determine the association between presence of neurological comorbidities and walking speed in older adults attended at the Naval Medical Center “Cirujano Mayor Santiago Távara” 2010-2015. Methods: Observational retrospective study through secondary analysis of a database of 1785 older adults. To determine the relationship between variables, the Chi-square test with a level of significance of 5%, and the STATA v.14 program were used. Results: 18.7% of the probands had Parkinson’s disease, 44.9% had mild cognitive impairment, and only 3.1% had cerebrovascular disorder. There were significant differences in walking speed with respect to advanced age and female sex (greater in 80 y.o. or older females). There was a significant relationship between mild cognitive impairment and cerebrovascular disorder with walking speed. The probability of a slow walking speed adjusted for Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, age and sex for those with mild cognitive impairment was 2.13 (IC95% 1.72-2.63), and for those with cerebrovascular disease, 1.79 (IC95% 1.01-3.20). Conclusions: Slow walking was presented mainly in women over 80 years of age, and was significantly related to mild cognitive impairment and cerebrovascular disorder, but not to Parkinsons disease