Costa Rayana de Oliveira, Ritti-Dias Raphael Mendes, Cucato Gabriel Grizzo, Cendoroglo Maysa Seabra, Nasri Fabio, Costa Maria Luiza Monteiro, Matos Luciana Diniz Nagem Janot de, Franco Fábio Gazelato de Mello
Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco, Petrolina, PE, Brazil.
Universidade Nove de Julho, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Einstein (Sao Paulo). 2019 Jan 31;17(1):eAO4337. doi: 10.31744/einstein_journal/2019AO4337.
To investigate associations between respiratory capacity, quality of life and cognitive function in elderly individuals.
The sample included 386 elderly individuals (232 women). Respiratory capacity assessment was based on maximal expiratory pressure measured at peak expiratory flow. Subjects were classified according to peak expiratory flow values adjusted for sex, age and height of individuals with normal (peak expiratory flow curve <80% and >60%) or reduced (peak expiratory flow curve < 60%) respiratory capacity. The World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire and the Mini-Mental State Examination were used to assess quality of life and cognitive function, respectively.
Elderly women with reduced respiratory capacity scored lower on the Mini-Mental State Examination (p=0.048) and quality of life questionnaire (p=0.040) compared to those with normal respiratory capacity. These differences were not observed in men (p>0.05).
Reduced respiratory capacity was associated with poorer quality of life and cognitive function in elderly women. These associations were not observed in elderly men.
研究老年人呼吸功能、生活质量和认知功能之间的关联。
样本包括386名老年人（232名女性）。呼吸功能评估基于在呼气峰值流量时测量的最大呼气压力。根据针对个体的性别、年龄和身高进行调整后的呼气峰值流量值，将受试者分为呼吸功能正常（呼气峰值流量曲线<80%且>60%）或降低（呼气峰值流量曲线<60%）的个体。分别使用世界卫生组织生活质量问卷和简易精神状态检查表来评估生活质量和认知功能。
与呼吸功能正常的老年女性相比，呼吸功能降低的老年女性在简易精神状态检查表（p=0.048）和生活质量问卷（p=0.040）上得分更低。在男性中未观察到这些差异（p>0.05）。
呼吸功能降低与老年女性较差的生活质量和认知功能相关。在老年男性中未观察到这些关联。
