Introduction: Physical activities have a role in preventing or slowing down cognitive decline. In Indonesia, physical activity in the elderly women is dominated with house work chores.
Aims: This study was aimed to determine the relationship between house chores with cognitive function in elderly women.
Methods: A cross sectional analytic descriptive of 65 women aged 60 years and over with highest education level of junior high school that live in Kalianyar, West Jakarta, between October to November 2014. Physical activity was measured by questionnaire about nine housework activities that Indonesian women usually do and cognitive function was assessed by Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).
Results: In this study of 65 subjects with a mean age of 64.31 years and low education level, there was a significant relationship between the higher amount of physical activity and better cognitive level. The types of physical activity that had a significant relationship with better cognitive function was cooking, grocery shopping, and washing dishes, with the frequency of cooking and grocery shopping had a significant relationship.
Discussion: Cooking and grocery shopping activity have a relationship with better cognitive function. |