RT Journal Article
T1 Dual‑task performance in old adults: cognitive, functional, psychosocial and socio‑demographic variables
A1 Campos Magdaleno, María
A1 Pereiro Rozas, Arturo X.
A1 Navarro-Pardo, Esperanza
A1 Juncos Rabadán, Onésimo
A1 Facal Mayo, David
K1 CogniFraSp
K1 Dual task
K1 Fluency
K1 Tracking
K1 Frailty
K1 Community-dwelling old adults
AB Background Dual tasking, or the ability to executing two tasks simultaneously, has been used in recent research to predict cognitive impairments, physical frailty, and has been linked with cognitive frailty in old adults.Aim This study aimed to determine age-related variables can predict dual-task (DT) performance in the older population.Methods A total of 258 healthy community-dwelling participants + 60 years were assessed in relation to their functional capacity, health, well-being, social support and years of education. Performance of a cognitive (Fluency) task and a cognitive–motor (Tracking) task was recorded under single and DT conditions. Multiple linear regression analysis was carried out for each dependent variable, in separate models including cognitive, functional and psychosocial variables.Results Performance in Fluency in DT conditions was predicted by  cognitive variables, whereas performance in Tracking DT conditions was predicted by positive interaction, health status, age and motor variables. Discussion The findings suggest that a wide range of cognitive, psychological, social, physical and functional variables influence cognitive and motor performance in aging.Conclusion DT methodology is sensitive to different age-related changes and could be related to frailty conditions in aging.
PB Springer
SN 1720-8319
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/27515
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/27515
LA eng
NO Campos-Magdaleno, M., Pereiro, A., Navarro-Pardo, E. et al. Dual-task performance in old adults: cognitive, functional, psychosocial and socio-demographic variables. Aging Clin Exp Res (2021)
NO Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This research was funded by through FEDER founds by the Spanish Directorate General of Scientific and Technical Research (Project Ref. PSI2014–55316-C3–1-R); and by the Galician Government (Consellería de Cultura, Educación e Ordenación Universitaria; axudas para a consolidación e estruturación de unidades de investigación competitivas do Sistema Universitario de Galicia; GI-1807-USC: Ref. ED431–2017/27)
DS Minerva
RD 28 abr 2026