Efficacy of physical exercise intervention on mobility and physical functioning in older people with dementia: A systematic review

Effects of Physical Exercise on Health and Well-Being of Individuals Living With a Dementia in Nursing Homes: A Systematic Review

“…From the remaining studies, the full text was read to identify relevant information and checked against the inclusion criteria. Studies were eligible if they: (1) involved participants diagnosed with a dementia; (2) used a physical exercise intervention; (3) set in a nursing home; (4) were a RCT or cluster RCT; (5) published in English. The references of review papers identified were also checked for additional relevant studies that could have been missed in the database searches.…”

“…Dementia care services implement a range of strategies, such as psychosocial activities, behavior strategies, sensory stimulation, medication and physical exercise, to achieve their goals of improving the health and well being of individuals living with a dementia (2) . We know that physical exercise is beneficial for healthy older individuals by improving mobility, physical function, cognition and mood and preventing falls (3,4) .…”

Measuring physical function in people with dementia: a psychometric investigation

“…This will also provide an opportunity to comment on the justification of outcome measurement used within these studies. While several recent systematic reviews on the effectiveness of exercise for cognitively impaired older adults exist (Burge, Kuhne, Berchtold, Maupetit, & von Gunten, 2012;Hauer et al, 2006;Heyn et al, 2004;Littbrand et al, 2011;Pitkala, Savikko, Poysti, Strandberg, & Laakkonen, 2013;Suttanon et al, 2011;Van Uffelen, Chin A Paw, Hopman-Rock, & Van Mechelen, 2008), all had their limitations. Only four of these reviews were specific to a dementia diagnosis, two of these only examined the effect on activities of daily living (ADLs) (Burge et al, 2012), with this considered a too narrow scope of physical function in this population and one was not specific on physical exercise (Littbrand et al, 2011;Suttanon et al, 2011).…”

“…Only four of these reviews were specific to a dementia diagnosis, two of these only examined the effect on activities of daily living (ADLs) (Burge et al, 2012), with this considered a too narrow scope of physical function in this population and one was not specific on physical exercise (Littbrand et al, 2011;Suttanon et al, 2011). One recent systematic review (Pitkala et al, 2013) examined the effects of exercise interventions on mobility and physical function in people with dementia. However, the systematic review within this thesis was more restrictive on dementia diagnosis (Pitkala et al, 2013), by excluding studies from the review if studies do not describe a valid dementia diagnosis.…”

“…One recent systematic review (Pitkala et al, 2013) examined the effects of exercise interventions on mobility and physical function in people with dementia. However, the systematic review within this thesis was more restrictive on dementia diagnosis (Pitkala et al, 2013), by excluding studies from the review if studies do not describe a valid dementia diagnosis. The protocol for this systematic review has been published elsewhere (Fox, Hodgkinson, & Parker, 2013 Specifically, the psychometric properties of reliability (both relative and absolute) and validity (both content and construct) were reviewed, using a comprehensive checklist for psychometric properties -the Cosmin Checklist A sample size of 40 was based on a sample size suggested for reliability studies.…”