Relationship between Motor Cognitive Risk Syndrome and Health-related Quality of Life in Community-dwelling Older People: A Cross-Sectional Study

Abstract

[Purpose] We investigated the relationship between motor-cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in community-dwelling older adults. [Participants and Methods] We divided 159 community-dwelling older adults into MCR-positive (17 people) and MCR-negative groups (139 people), and in addition to assessing their basic physical condition, we evaluated them using the MOS8-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-8). [Results] The results of the two-group comparison of the SF-8 show that the MCR-positive group had significantly lower scores in Physical Functioning, Role Physical, Bodily Pain, General Health, Vitality, Social Functioning and the physical summary score. [Conclusion] We believe that the HRQOL is low in the MCR-positive group of community-dwelling older adults.