title: Psychomotor, cognitive and social interactions in elderly and old Italians. Preliminary report.
abstract: It was the aim of this pilot study to investigate effects of motor activity on psychosocial and functional-physical conditions (using an assisted multidimensional questionnaire) of 53 (39 female, 14 male) free living elderly and old subjects in Florence, Italy. In addition, ADL (test of Activities of Daily Living) and Pfeiffer test (short portable mental status questionnaire) were applied to test autonomy of everyday life and presence of intellectual disturbance of organic origin. Motor activity appeared to influence significantly psychosocial and functional-physical conditions, i. e. motor activity was significantly correlated with subjective feeling of autonomy and independence, and with the variable to have hobbies, as well as with good posture and walking. From ADL and Pfeiffer tests resulted absence of respective pathologies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anatomy, Histology and Forensic Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy. aldocarlo.cappellini@unifi.it
authors.forename: Aldo Carlo
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cappellini
authors.forename: Ferdinando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paternostro
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sassoli
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mancini
authors.forename: Vieri
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Boddi
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Formenti
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D003071:Cognition; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D009043:Motor Activity; D026684:Personal Autonomy; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires