Doctor and patient perceptions of sarcopenia in community-based primary care clinics: a questionnaire survey
Key summary points Aim We aim to analyze the differences in perception of sarcopenia between doctors and patients. Findings At community-based primary care clinics, both patients and doctors demonstrated inadequate awareness of sarcopenia. Significant differences were noted in their preferences for...
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Veröffentlicht in: | European geriatric medicine 2024-12, Vol.15 (6), p.1827-1837 |
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Aim
We aim to analyze the differences in perception of sarcopenia between doctors and patients.
Findings
At community-based primary care clinics, both patients and doctors demonstrated inadequate awareness of sarcopenia. Significant differences were noted in their preferences for exercise and nutritional education.
Message
We need to understand the differences in perception of sarcopenia between doctors and patients in order to provide better prevention and treatment of sarcopenia for patients.
Purpose
Our study aims to examine perceptions of sarcopenia among doctors and patients for improved management strategies in the future.
Methods
We analyzed nine matched items from separate surveys involving 80 community-based primary care doctors, recruited online (55%) and offline (45%), and 80 community-dwelling older patients who visited 6 of the 80 primary care clinics in South Korea.
Results
Doctors had a mean age of 58.3 ± 9.1 years, with 17.5% women; patients had a mean age of 74.1 ± 6.1 years, with 61.3% women. Twenty-eight patients (35.4%) had heard of sarcopenia, while only 19 doctors (23.8%) knew the diagnostic criteria of sarcopenia. Patients were more likely to believe they had sarcopenia than doctors assumed their patients had sarcopenia (patients, 35%; doctors, 16.9%; P = 0.0039). Patients desired more exercise and nutritional education than doctors reported they could provide (all P |
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ISSN: | 1878-7649 1878-7657 1878-7657 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s41999-024-01037-3 |