title: Gait speed and cognitive score in elderly users of the primary care service.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to investigate the association between gait speed and the cognitive score of elderly patients enrolled in a Basic Health Unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  a quantitative cross-sectional study with 203 elderly, a sample calculated based on the estimated population proportion. Data were collected using a sociodemographic and clinical questionnaire, gait speed test (GS) and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE).
  
  
  RESULTS
  the illiterate patients had a mean MMSE=19.33(±3.7) and GS = 0.76m/s (±0.3); those with low/medium education had a MMSE = 25.43(±2.8) and GS = 0.92m/s (±0.2); and the elderly with higher education had a MMSE = 27.33(±2.9) and GS=1.12m/s (±0.3).There was a weak correlation (R2=00354) between gait speed and cognitive score, with statistical significance (Prob>F = 0.0072) and a positive linear trend.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the better cognitive score the higher the gait speed; the illiterate elderly were those with lower gait speed, thereby indicating a poorer physical performance.
authors.affiliation: Grupo Multiprofissional de Pesquisa Sobre Idosos, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Maria Helena
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Lenardt
authors.affiliation: Grupo Multiprofissional de Pesquisa Sobre Idosos, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Jacy Aurelia Vieira
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: de Sousa
authors.affiliation: Grupo Multiprofissional de Pesquisa Sobre Idosos, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Clóris Regina Blanski
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Grden
authors.affiliation: Grupo Multiprofissional de Pesquisa Sobre Idosos, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Susanne Elero
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Betiolli
authors.affiliation: Grupo Multiprofissional de Pesquisa Sobre Idosos, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Nathália Hammerschmidt Kolb
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Carneiro
authors.affiliation: Grupo Multiprofissional de Pesquisa Sobre Idosos, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Dâmarys Kohlbeck de Melo Neu
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003071:Cognition; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011320:Primary Health Care; D000072797:Walking Speed