研究人員指出,打掃灰塵、拖地、擦窗等家務(wù)活可能有助于人們到老年以后保持身體健康。
Writing in the journal BMJ Open, a Singapore-based team of researchers said regular physical activity “improves physical and mental health, mitigates the risks and effects of chronic diseases, and reduces falls, immobility, dependency and mortality among older adults”.
研究報(bào)告指出,常做體力活動(dòng)可以"改善身心健康,減輕慢性病的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)和影響,降低老年人跌倒、臥床不起、失去獨(dú)立生活能力和死亡的幾率"。該研究結(jié)果由一個(gè)新加坡研究團(tuán)隊(duì)發(fā)表在《英國(guó)醫(yī)學(xué)雜志》上。
The study involved 249 participants aged 21-64 and 240 participants aged 65-90.
該研究涵蓋了249名21至64歲的參與者和240名65至90歲的參與者。
Sit-to-stand times were lower for older adults reporting higher amounts of heavy housework, while they were also assessed as being at lower risk of having a fall.
相比很少做家務(wù)的老年人,做大量重度家務(wù)的老年人報(bào)告的從椅子上站起來(lái)的時(shí)間更短,與此同時(shí)評(píng)估顯示他們跌倒的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)也更低。
Cognitive scores and attention scores were 8% and 14% higher, respectively, for older adults doing high amounts of heavy housework – on average 131 minutes a week – compared with low levels.
做大量重度家務(wù)(每周平均131分鐘)的老年人認(rèn)知功能和注意力得分比很少做家務(wù)的老年人分別高出8%和14%。