Table 4.
Comparing geriatric assessment domains in individuals with and without cognitive impairment on neuropsychological tests
| Variables n (%) | Total Sample | Cognitive Impairment (≤ −1.5 SD in two or more domains) |
No Cognitive Impairment | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Functional Mobility | N=44 | N=23 | N=21 | |
| SPPB ≤9 | 21 (47.7%) | 11 (47.8%) | 10 (47.6%) | 1.00 |
| Activities of Daily Living | N=51 | N=28 | N=23 | |
| Katz ADL ≤5 | 9 (17.6%) | 6 (21.4%) | 3 (13.0%) | 0.20 |
| Instrumental Activities of Daily Living | N=50 | N=27 | N=23 | |
| Lawton IADL ≤ 6 | 6 (12.0%) | 3 (11.1%) | 3 (13.0%) | 1.00 |
| Falls in the Last 6 Months | N=47 | N=25 | N=22 | |
| ≥ 1 Fall | 7 (14.9%) | 3 (12.0%) | 4 (18.2%) | 0.69 |
| Cognition | N=51 | N=28 | N=23 | |
| MoCA ≤25 | 38 (74.5%) | 23 (82.1%) | 15 (65.2%) | 0.21 |
| MoCA ≤22 | 20 (39.2%) | 14 (50.0%) | 6 (26.1%) | 0.095 |
| Depression | N=44 | N=24 | N=20 | |
| GDS-15 ≥5 | 3 (6.8%) | 2 (8.3%) | 1 (5.0%) | 1.00 |
| Anxiety | N=48 | N=27 | N=21 | |
| GAD-7 ≥10 | 3 (6.3%) | 2 (7.4%) | 1 (4.8%) | 1.00 |
| Nutrition | N=50 | N=27 | N=23 | |
| MNA-SF ≤11 | 35 (70.0%) | 17 (62.9%) | 18 (78.3%) | 0.35 |
| Social Support | N=47 | N=26 | N=21 | |
| MOS-SS ≤75 | 13 (27.7%) | 6 (23.1%) | 7 (33.3%) | 0.52 |
SPPB: Short Physical Performance Battery; ADL: Activities of Daily Living; IADL: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; MoCA: Montreal Cognitive Assessment; GDS: Geriatric Depression Scale; GAD: Generalized Anxiety Disorder; MNA-SF: Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form; MOS-SS: Medical Outcomes Social Support Survey
MoCA score of ≤25 is based on the cut-off identified in the original validation study.33
MoCA score of ≤22 is based on the cut-off identified in community-dwelling older adults. 35