Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the occurrence of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and performance on dimensions of executive functioning in elderly individuals. The participants were elderly individuals aged ≥ 75 years with a Barthel Index of ≥85 points and a Mini-Mental State Examination score of ≥24 points. The present study included a questionnaire survey regarding LUTS and the following executive functioning tests: Behavioral assessment of performance dysfunction syndrome (BADS), Verbal fluency test, Trail making test, Stroop color-word, Frontal assessment battery, Counting (forward and backward), and Counting backward test. The relationship between LUTS and executive functioning was analyzed using Categorical Data Analysis Program (CATDAP), a statistical program that searches for the best explanatory variable of a categorical response variable of a dataset comprising both categorical variates and continuous ones. The results showed that the Modified Six Elements test of BADS had the greatest predictive power for LUTS (AIC = −8.57). In conclusion, the occurrence of LUTS may be predicted by performing executive functioning tests.
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2018 Special Focus: Aging, Health, Well-Being, and Care in a Time of Extreme Demographic Change
KEYWORDS
Elderly Individuals, Executive Functioning, Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms
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