Prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia among adults living in nursing homes

Prevalence and risk factors of sarcopenia among adults living in nursing homes

Highlights • Sarcopenia is known to increase the risk of disability, falls and falls-related injuries, loss of independence, hospitalisation, and mortality. • We assessed the prevalence of sarcopenia in older people residing in nursing homes in Australia according to the European Working Group on Sa...

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Veröffentlicht in:Maturitas 2015-12, Vol.82 (4), p.418-423
Hauptverfasser: Senior, Hugh E, Henwood, Tim R, Beller, Elaine M, Mitchell, Geoffrey K, Keogh, Justin W.L
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Australia
Body Mass Index
Cross-Sectional Studies
Electric Impedance
Exercise Test
Female
Homes for the Aged
Humans
Internal Medicine
Male
Muscle Strength
Muscle, Skeletal - physiopathology
Nursing home
Nursing Homes
Nutritional Status
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Prevalence
Residential care
Risk Factors
Sarcopenia
Sarcopenia - epidemiology
Sarcopenia - etiology
Sarcopenia - physiopathology
Walking
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Zusammenfassung:Highlights • Sarcopenia is known to increase the risk of disability, falls and falls-related injuries, loss of independence, hospitalisation, and mortality. • We assessed the prevalence of sarcopenia in older people residing in nursing homes in Australia according to the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) criteria. • Sarcopenia is highly prevalent in older people residing in residential care. • Low BMI is predictive of sarcopenia.
ISSN:0378-5122
1873-4111
DOI:10.1016/j.maturitas.2015.08.006