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The independent contribution of executive functions to health related quality of life in older women

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Geriatrics, April 2010
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • Among the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#33 of 3,185)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (98th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (90th percentile)

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4 blogs

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Title
The independent contribution of executive functions to health related quality of life in older women
Published in
BMC Geriatrics, April 2010
DOI 10.1186/1471-2318-10-16
Pubmed ID
Authors

Jennifer C Davis, Carlo A Marra, Mehdi Najafzadeh, Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Abstract

Cognition is a multidimensional construct and to our knowledge, no previous studies have examined the independent contribution of specific domains of cognition to health related quality of life. To determine whether executive functions are independently associated with health related quality of life assessed using Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) calculated from the EuroQol EQ-5D (EQ-5D) in older women after adjusting for known covariates, including global cognition. Therefore, we conducted a secondary analysis of community-dwelling older women aged 65-75 years who participated in a 12-month randomized controlled trial of resistance training. We assessed global cognition using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and executive functions using the: 1) Stroop Test; 2) Trail Making Test (Part B) and 3) Digits Verbal Span Backwards Test. We calculated QALYs from the EQ-5D administered at baseline, 6 months and 12 months.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 2 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Luxembourg 1 <1%
Unknown 272 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 48 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 29 10%
Researcher 28 10%
Student > Bachelor 27 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 17 6%
Other 44 16%
Unknown 84 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 66 24%
Medicine and Dentistry 29 10%
Sports and Recreations 21 8%
Nursing and Health Professions 16 6%
Neuroscience 12 4%
Other 32 12%
Unknown 101 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 97. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 07 October 2022.
All research outputs
#386,399
of 23,493,900 outputs
Outputs from BMC Geriatrics
#33
of 3,185 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#997
of 97,175 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Geriatrics
#1
of 10 outputs
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