GAMBARAN SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE TERHADAP KESEHATAN FISIK DAN KOGNITIF LANJUT USIA: LITERATURE REVIEW

Abstract

Background: In the last decade, sedentary lifestyles have emerged as a new risk factor for health. A sedentary lifestyle is characterised by sitting, leaning and lying down continuously from the moment one wakes up until bedtime. Generally, the elderly have a lot of free time, most of which is spent sedentary, reducing the time available for physical activity. This systematic review aims to provide an overview of the sedentary lifestyle of the elderly in relation to physical and cognitive health. Method: This literature-based systematic review was obtained from NCBI, Scopus, Science Direct, Garuda, Google Scholar, and a total of 12 articles were reviewed to provide an overview of sedentary lifestyles in the elderly. Results: It was found that there was a relationship between a sedentary lifestyle and a lack of physical activity, cognitive function, undesirable physical weakness, higher rates of diabetes, dementia, and even death in the elderly. Conclusion: Therefore, elderly people still need to carry out physical activities that are usually done every day so that the use of elderly people's time is more beneficial, thus shortening the sedentary lifestyle time.