Psychomotor Abilities of Elderly People and Their Motivation to Participate in Organized Physical Activity.

: Functional training has an effect on the physical parameters of people, but the motivation of the elderly people practicing sports varies depending on the events taking place in their close environment and the specifics of their relationships.: Participants were recruited in the City Leisure Center for Elderly People and Social Care Home for Elderly People and randomly assigned to two groups: a study group and control group. The survey sample consisted of 40 respondents (aged 68 ± 8 years), who met the inclusion criteria.

Validation of the LITHUANIAN version of the 19-item audit of diabetes dependent quality of life (ADDQOL - LT) questionnaire in patients with diabetes.

Background: Currently there is no diabetes-specific quality of life (QOL) instrument available in Lithuanian language. We aimed to develop a Lithuanian version of a widely-used individualised instrument - the Audit of Diabetes Dependent Quality of Life questionnaire (ADDQOL-19) and assess the validity and reliability in patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM).

Methods: This study was conducted at the Primary Care and Endocrinology Outpatient Clinics in Vilnius.