118645 20250605081003.0 doi 10.3390/su13115945 sideral 126586 ART-2021-126586 eng Calatayud, E. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-4307-796X Functional differences found in the elderly living in the community 2021 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Introduction: Successful aging lies in cognitive and functional maintenance, and in the optimal performance of daily tasks that keep the elderly free of disability and dependence. However, there is little evidence for functional differences for gender and age, and how cognitive and physical demands in past working lives can affect them, to design more personalized occupational therapy interventions to prevent functional and cognitive impairment. Method: This observational descrip-tive study evaluated 367 older adults living in a community with subjective memory complaints and scored between 24 and 35 with the Spanish version of the “Mini-Mental State Examination (MEC-35)”. Basic activities of daily living (BADL) were studied with the Barthel Index, while instrumental ADL (IADL) were examined with the Lawton–Brody scale. Functional differences for gender, age, and physico-mental occupation were examined. Results: The significant differences found for gender indicated that men did better in BADL (p = 0.026) and women better performed IADL (p < 0.001). Differences between age groups suggest that the younger group (aged 64–75) obtained better results for BADL (p = 0.001) and IADL (p < 0.001). For physico-mental occupation, statistically significant differences were found only in IADL for mental (p = 0.034) and physical occupation (p = 0.005). Conclusions: Gender, age, and the cognitive and physical demands of occupational stages, can be important predictors of cognitive and functional impairment. These results can be generalized to other health centers in the province and to other Spanish Autonomous Communities because their socio-demographic variables are similar. It would be interesting to carry out multimodal personalized interventions that consider the factors that might affect functional impairment to preserve personal autonomy. © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.889 2021 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 133 / 279 = 0.477 2021 Q2 T2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 57 / 128 = 0.445 2021 Q2 T2 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 35 / 47 = 0.745 2021 Q3 T3 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 7 / 9 = 0.778 2021 Q4 T3 0.664 2021 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2021 Q1 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2021 Q1 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2021 Q1 Geography, Planning and Development 2021 Q1 5.0 2021 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Rodríguez-Roca, B. Universidad de Zaragoza Aresté, J. (orcid)0000-0003-1332-6678 Marcén-Román, Y. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-5851-8855 Salavera, C. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8072-2390 Gómez-Soria, I. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-0061-3312 1006 255 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Enfermería 1003 027 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Anatom.Histolog.Humanas Area Anatom.Embriol.Humana 1006 413 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Fisioterapia 4009 735 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Psicología y Sociología Área Psicolog.Evolut.Educac 13, 11 (2021), 5945 [10 pp.] Sustainability (Basel) Sustainability (Switzerland) 2071-1050 305437 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/118645/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2578684 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/118645/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:118645 articulos driver 2025-06-05-08:03:21 ARTICLE