Online physical exercise and the neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with dementia: a cross-sectional study during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Caroline Dalla NoraJuliana Dias de LimaIvan Abdalla TeixeiraFelipe de Oliveira SilvaJúlia Silva de AlmeidaFernanda Castro MonteiroValeska MarinhoMarcia Cristina Nascimento DouradoAndréa Camaz DeslandesPublished in: Dementia & neuropsychologia (2022)
Older adults with neurocognitive disorders who participated in an online physical exercise program, during the COVID-19 pandemic, showed fewer neuropsychiatric total symptoms, fewer nighttime disturbances episodes, and better subjective memory, compared to their physically inactive counterparts. Randomized controlled trials should be performed to better understand the effect of physical exercise in neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia patients during periods of social isolation.