Marino FR, Lessard DM, Saczynski JS, et al. - Among 1,185 older adults (aged ≥ 65 years) with atrial fibrillation (AF), researchers investigated if there could be a link of low gait speed with impaired mood, cognition, and quality of life. The participants had CHA₂DS₂VASc ≥ 2 and had no contraindications to anticoagulation. They asked participants to finish a 15-foot walk test. They used cutoffs from the Fried Frailty Index to group low gait speed. Measures of depressive symptoms (Patient Health Questionnaire 9 ≥ 10), anxiety symptoms (Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7 ≥ 10), cognitive impairment (Montreal Cognitive Assessment ≤ 23), and potentially impaired Atrial Fibrillation Effect Quality-of-Life Questionnaire < 80 were self-reported by the participants. Findings revealed the presence of low gait speed in 26% of older adults with AF. Impaired mood and cognition were observed in relation to low gait speed.