Sarcopenia and Its Impact on Quality of Life

Τσεκούρα, Μαρία; Kastrinis, A; Katsoulaki, M; Billis, Evdokia; Gliatis, John

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-57379-3_19

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“…Huo et al reported that the number of selfreported falls was higher in sarcopenic obese older adults than either sarcopenic or obese alone groups. 34,35 Both ageing and obesity can result in disability by leading to decreased organ function, increased chronic diseases and inflammation. 32 The present study demonstrated that the mean scores for domains of the SF-36 questionnaire were lower in both obese and sarcopenic obese participants compared to the sarcopenic and non-sarcopenic non-obese participants.…”

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“…In contrast to our study, a majority of the previous and recent studies measured muscle mass only for sarcopenia definition, and in addition, HR-QOL assessment was based on questionnaires that do not provide a detailed evaluation of this topic as much as SF-36. 34,35 Both ageing and obesity can result in disability by leading to decreased organ function, increased chronic diseases and inflammation. During this process, both qualitative and quantitative reduction of muscle tissue predispose patients to a weaker physical performance, chronic pain due to degeneratıon of the skeletal muscle system, imbalance and falling, and finally, older adults obtain lower scores in physical domains of HR-QOL.…”

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Health‐related quality of life and fall risk associated with age‐related body composition changes; sarcopenia, obesity and sarcopenic obesity

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Abiyev

et al. 2018

Internal Medicine Journal

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Health‐related quality of life and fall risk associated with age‐related body composition changes; sarcopenia, obesity and sarcopenic obesity

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Abiyev

et al. 2018

Internal Medicine Journal

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“…It is well known that sarcopenia can have a great impact on older adults because of how it often increases the risk of adverse outcomes, such as physical disability, poor quality of life and death. [1][2][3][4][5] Sarcopenia is frequently found in patients with specific diseases, including 95% of patients after pneumonia, 6 21.8-95.0% of patients who experienced a femoral proximal fracture [7][8][9] and 53.6% of patients who have had a stroke. 6 Indeed, sarcopenia found in stroke patients has been separately classified as "stroke-related sarcopenia."…”

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Sarcopenia as a predictor of activities of daily living capability in stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation

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Nishioka²,

Taguchi³

et al. 2019

Geriatrics Gerontology Int

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Aim The aim of the present study was to clarify the relationship between sarcopenia, as defined by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People, and the recovery of the capability to carry out activities of daily living in convalescent stroke patients who completed a rehabilitation program. Methods This retrospective study included consecutive stroke patients admitted to convalescent rehabilitation wards. To determine which patients had sarcopenia, we used the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People criteria. At admission, participants were classified by either the presence or absence of sarcopenia. Baseline characteristics, including the Functional Independence Measure–motor domain score (FIM‐M), were retrospectively analyzed. The primary outcome to be explained was the FIM‐M at discharge. A multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine how well a sarcopenia diagnosis and various baseline characteristics could predict the FIM‐M score at discharge. Results In total, 267 participants (117 women) were included in this study. Of these, 129 (48.3%) were classified as definitely having sarcopenia. Participants with sarcopenia showed lower FIM‐M at discharge than those without this condition (median 72 vs 89, P < 0.001). Multiple linear regression analyses exploring determinants of the FIM‐M scores showed that a diagnosis of sarcopenia independently predicted them at discharge for men (B −4.957, 95% confidence interval −9.902–−0.012), but not for women. Conclusions Stroke‐related sarcopenia appears to be a predictor of how well male patients can engage in activities of daily living after rehabilitation. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2019; 19: 1124–1128.

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“…Sarcopenia and undernutrition are both associated with higher care costs and several adverse health outcomes, namely poor quality of life, prolonged length of stay in hospital and mortality . Routine undernutrition identification is increasing in the clinical practice, but sarcopenia remains poorly identified.…”

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“…8 This syndrome was recently pointed out as a prognostic indicator for long-term mortality in hospitalised older patients. 9 Sarcopenia and undernutrition are both associated with higher care costs 10,11 and several adverse health outcomes, namely poor quality of life, 12,13 prolonged length of stay in hospital 11,14,15 and mortality. 11,16,17 Routine undernutrition identification is increasing in the clinical practice, but sarcopenia remains poorly identified.…”

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Factors associated with sarcopenia and undernutrition in older adults

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Afonso

Borges

et al. 2019

Nutrition & Dietetics

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Aim The aim of this study was to describe sarcopenia frequency, to identify the factors associated with sarcopenia and undernutrition, and to evaluate their coexistence. Methods A total of 1500 Portuguese older adults aged ≥65 years from the Nutrition UP 65 study were evaluated using a cross‐sectional analysis. Sarcopenia was defined according to the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP)2 guidelines (2018), using anthropometric measures. Undernutrition status was evaluated by Mini‐Nutritional Assessment‐Short Form. Results Sarcopenia frequency was 4.4% (n = 66). Sarcopenia coexists with undernutrition or undernutrition risk in 1.5% of this sample. In the multivariate analysis, sarcopenia was directly associated with age >75 years (odds ratio (OR): 2.14; 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.19–3.84), undernutrition or undernutrition risk (OR: 1.86; 95% CI: 1.01–3.43) and inversely associated with male gender (OR: 0.52; 95% CI: 0.29–0.97), overweight (OR: 0.24; 95% CI: 0.13–0.42) or obesity (OR: 0.02; 95% CI: 0.01–0.09) and moderate alcohol consumption (OR: 0.47; 95% CI: 0.24–0.90). Undernutrition or undernutrition risk was associated with a poor or very poor self‐perception of health status (OR: 3.53; 95% CI: 2.32–5.37), a low physical activity level (OR: 1.74; 95% CI: 1.23–2.47), sarcopenia (OR: 1.85; 95% CI: 1.02–3.36), and being overweight (OR: 0.40; 95% CI: 0.27–0.59) or obese (OR: 0.43; 95% CI: 0.28–0.65). Conclusions The majority of the older adults presented low muscle strength (probable sarcopenia), but only a small number had concomitantly low muscle quantity or quality (sarcopenia). Coexistence between these conditions is low which reinforces the need to assess them both individually during geriatric assessment.

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Sarcopenia and Its Impact on Quality of Life

Cited by 217 publications

References 18 publications

Health‐related quality of life and fall risk associated with age‐related body composition changes; sarcopenia, obesity and sarcopenic obesity

Health‐related quality of life and fall risk associated with age‐related body composition changes; sarcopenia, obesity and sarcopenic obesity

Sarcopenia as a predictor of activities of daily living capability in stroke patients undergoing rehabilitation

Factors associated with sarcopenia and undernutrition in older adults

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